Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.
We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air
Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.
If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.