How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

Successful villany is called virtue.

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.

Know thyself; this is the great object.