Those who pass their lives in foreign travel find they contract many ties of hospitality, but form no friendships.

One crime has to be concealed by another.

All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief.

Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.

Plato once wanted to punish one of his slaves and asked his nephew to do the actual whipping for he himself did not own his anger.