Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.
The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man.
Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.