Well begun is half done.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

By myth I mean the arrangement of the incidents

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled

All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as...

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.