By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.

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.

A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.

For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.