For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
The sun shines even on the wicked.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.
Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.
What you think is the summit is only a step up
It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.