We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.

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

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.

Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.

The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.