“Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.”

In all things let reason be your guide.

True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.

No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.

Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.

Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.

The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

In all things that you do, consider the end.

Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.

Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.

Poets tell many lies.

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.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

No matter the age, a woman who is unloved is lost – unloved she might as well die.

Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.

After death there is nothing.

Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.

If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.

I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.