The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs.

A s laws multiply, injustice increases.

Virtue is its own reward.

But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even the tillage of the fields abide. If that statement is not clear, then you may understand how great is the power of friendship and of concord from a consideration of the results of enmity and disagreement. For what house is so strong, or what state so enduring that it cannot be utterly overthrown by animosities and division?

When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.

If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.