And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?

What was a lie in the father becomes a conviction in the son.

We cannot live without valuing: but we can live without valuing what you value.

Reason is the cause of our falsification of the evidence of the senses. In so far as the senses show becoming, passing away, change, they do not lie.

Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended.

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.

If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants