Most happy is he who is entirely self-reliant, and who centers all his requirements in himself alone.

For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

This excessive licence, which the anarchists think is the only true freedom, provides the stock, as it were, from which a tyrant grows.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

He is rich who wishes no more than he has.