"The good of the individual is certainly of higher value than the good of the state."

"Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal."

"He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader."

"One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy."

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire."