. . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded. . . .

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

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.

Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

The proud man is forsaken of God.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.