Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful to give than to receive.

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

For a wrongdoer to be undetected is difficult; and for him to have confidence that his concealment will continue is impossible.

What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.