Souls that have lived in virtue are in general happy, and when separated from the irrational part of their nature, and made clean from all matter, have communion with the gods and join them in the governing of the whole world. Yet even if none of this happiness fell to their lot, virtue itself, and the joy and glory of virtue, and the life that is subject to no grief and no master are enough to make happy those who have set themselves to live according to virtue and have achieved it.

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

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.

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

There were few who preferred honor to money.