Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.
Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.
More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else.
Do not expect justice where might is right.
He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.