For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.

It was not important how many enemies there are, but where the enemy is

Instead of using medicine, better fast today.

Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it to that of a beast.

Character is long-standing habit.

It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others.

The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves the whole, and by yielding in a small matter secures a greater.