Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to.
But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.