We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.
Authority is never without hate.
I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.
In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.
For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.
Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.