For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.
For the laws are dumb in the midst of arms.
Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.
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.