They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

You may never be less alone than when you are alone.

For out of such an ungoverned populace one is usually chosen as a leader, someone bold and unscrupulous who curries favor with the people by giving them other men's property. To such a man the protection of public office is given, and continually renewed. He emerges as a tyrant over the very people who raised him to power.