Society and the World

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Evil counsel travels fast.

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

No lie ever reaches old age.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.