Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.
A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.
Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
You should make great things, not promising great things.
Time is the soul of this world.