So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Before all, be real. Only the truth gives to the word the Orpheus' Lyre power.
Government exists only for the good of the governed.
Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.
It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.