We can more easily avenge an injury than requite a kindness; on this account, because there is less difficulty in getting the better of the wicked than in making one's self equal with the good.

For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

Let the punishment match the offense.

In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered.