Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.