Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.
Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness.
What you can't enforce, do not command.
Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.
Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.