What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate.

Knowing where the trap is-- that's the first step in evading it.

A good companion is one you wouldn't mind dying with.

Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it. But it's a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, these things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan. We tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that's really chewing on us.

Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.