No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.
The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.
Nature herself makes the wise man rich.
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.
Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.