There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.

Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

Before beginning, prepare carefully.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself.