Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . . For this is the way of happiness.
They ought to be gentle to their friends and dangerous to their enemies.
The prisoner grows to love his chains.
May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.
The beginning is half of the whole.
All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.