The aim of justice is to give everyone his due.

Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word.

Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

Not to have knowledge of what happened before you were born is to be condemned to live as a child.

O philosophy, you leader of life.

The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.