Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

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

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

The words of that philosopher who offers no therapy for human suffering are empty and vain.

There is no such thing as justice or injustice among those beasts that cannot make agreements not to injure or be injured. This is also true of those tribes that are unable or unwilling to make agreements not to injure or be injured.