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

Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

If the transmigration of a soul takes place into a rational being, it simply becomes the soul of that body. But if the soul migrates into a brute beast, it follows the body outside, as a guardian spirit follows a man. For there could never be a rational soul in an irrational being.

Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.