The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
Man was not intended by nature to live in communities and be civilized.
I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.
Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.
There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.
Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other.