In this thing one man is superior to another, that he is better able to bear adversity and prosperity.

Does man differ from the other animals? Only in posture. The rest are bent, but he is a wild beast who walks upright.

Look around you: there is not a doctor who desires the health of his friends, not a soldier who desires peace for his country.

Grief, like a tree, has tears for its fruit.

A field is the most just possession for men. For what nature requires it carefully bears: barley, oil, wine, figs, honey. Silver-plate and purple will do for the tragedians, not for life.

We are all crazy when we are angry.

A just man is not one who does no ill, But he, who with the power, has not the will.