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

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

The essences of the Gods never came into existence (for that which always is never comes into existence; and that exists for ever which possesses primary force and by nature suffers nothing): neither do they consist of bodies; for even in bodies the powers are incorporeal. Neither are they contained by space; for that is a property of bodies. Neither are they separate from the first cause nor from one another, just as thoughts are not separate from mind nor acts of knowledge from the soul.

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

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.

Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.

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