“Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεί.”

Mάχεσθαι χρὴ τὸν δῆμον ὑπὲρ τοῦ νόμου ὅκωσπερ τείχεος.

“Defend the laws as you would the city wall.”

“If every man had exactly what he wanted, he would be no better than he is now.”

“It must be seen clearly that war is the natural state of man. Justice is contention. Through contention all things come to be.”

Hθος ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων.

“Man’s character is his fate.”

“The most beautiful order of the world is still a random gathering of things insignificant in themselves.”

“To God all is beautiful, good, and as it should be. Man must see things as either good or bad.”

Dὶς ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν ποταμὸν οὐκ ἂν ἐμβαίης.

“You cannot step twice into the same river.”