No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan 'neath slavery's heavy rod.
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.