I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.