But few prize honour more than money.

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible

Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.

Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

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.