Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.

Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

The first bond of society is marriage.

Hatred is settled anger.

Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.