He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.

When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that 'he hadn't come to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.' Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: 'It's not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.' Give your whole mind to her.

He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.

A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.

He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.

Consider an enemy may become a friend.

To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.