The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.
The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
Vice foments war; it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.
Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.
The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.
One can not be just if one is not humane.