"The useful is the noble and the hurtful is the base."

"Pleasure is the bait of sin."

"The perfect state is one where men weep and rejoice over the same things."

"Those who tell the stories rule society."

"Any peace is better than any war."

"All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue."

"Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his ancestors."

"Most men in power become villains."

"A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand."

"A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul."

"Eat and drink and sit with the mighty, and make yourself agreeable to them; for from the good you will learn what is good, but if you mix with the bad you will lose the intelligence which you already have."

"Man is a being in search of meaning."