The love, more especially, which is concerned with the good, and which is perfected in company with temperance and justice, whether among gods or men, has the greatest power, and is the source of all our happiness and harmony, and makes us friends with the gods who are above us, and with one another.

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.

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

The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge.

Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.