Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.