It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
The period of a [Persian] boy's education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
Great things are won by great dangers.
I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.