The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.

...the Gods too love a joke.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

All learning is in the learner, not the teacher.