Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.

That power of the Gods which orders for the good things which are not uniform, and which happen contrary to expectation, is commonly called Fortune, and it is for this reason that the Goddess is especially worshipped in public by cities; for every city consists of elements which are not uniform.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.