There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.

Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.