A free man thinks of death least of all things; and his wisdom is a meditation not of death but of life.

He whose honour is rooted in popular approval must, day by day, anxiously strive, act, and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the populace is variab…

In refusing benefits caution must be used lest we seem to despise or to refuse them for fear of having to repay them in kind.

Hatred can never be good. ... Here, and in what follows, I mean by hatred only hatred towards men.