It is not only spirits who punish the evil, the soul brings itself to judgment: and also it is not right for those who endure for ever to attain everything in a short time: and also, there is need of human virtue. If punishment followed instantly upon sin, men would act justly from fear and have no virtue.

For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.

One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.

To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.

It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.