There is yet something remaining for the dead, and some far better thing for the good than for the evil.

That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation and without reason, is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never really is.

Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest...and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war

How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, "How does love suit with age, Sophocles - are you still the man you were?" he replied, "Peace, most gladly have I escaped the thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master."

That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.