“Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.”

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

I grow old learning something new every day.

He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.

If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

I grow old, ever learning many things.

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

Each day grow older, and learn something new.

We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.

Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.

If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.

What thou seest, speak of with caution.

In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.

That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.

He who searches for evil, must first look at his own reflection.

The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories.

We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.