I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive.

The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved of the gods.

Is there anything worse for a state than to be split and disunited? or anything better than cohesion and unity?

When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

Ideas are the source of all things

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.