The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.

Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts, it is something celestial and divine.

Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.

There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.