Everything destroyed is either resolved into the elements from which it came, or else vanishes into not-being. If things are resolved into the elements from which they came, then there will be others: else how did they come into being at all?

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.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.

In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

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

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.