The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.
A sign of a smart person is being able to consider an idea without immediately agreeing with it.
In seeking for justice men seek for the mean or neutral, for the law is the mean. Again, customary laws have more weight, and relate to more important matters, than written laws, and a man may be a safer ruler... ...
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.
If something's bound to happen, it will happen.. Right time, right person, and for the best reason.