It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.

Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.

Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

To women silence gives their proper grace.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

What is to be taught I learn; what is to be discovered I seek; what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.

A friend in word is never friend of mine.