A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

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

The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.

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.

In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

Souls are punished when they have gone forth from the body, some wandering among us, some going to hot or cold places of the earth, some harassed by spirits. Under all circumstances they suffer with the irrational part of their nature, with which they also sinned. For its sake there subsists that shadowy body which is seen about graves, especially the graves of evil livers.

Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.