The people must fight for their laws as for their walls.
Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent."
Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
The opposite is beneficial; from things that differ comes the fairest attunement; all things are born through strife.
Religion is a disease, but it is a noble disease.
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.