Wealth and poverty; one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.

The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of bad men, and, growing like them, to fly from the conversation of the good, and be cut off from them, and cleave to and follow after the company of the bad.

Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity.

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

Everything changes and nothing remains still.