"The highest good of those who follow virtue is common to all, and all can equally participate in it."

"The greatest pride and baseness are the most frequent causes of disputes."

"I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them."

"Men are deceived if they think themselves free, a belief that consists only in this, that they are conscious of their actions and ignorant of the causes by which they are determined."

"The more a thing has perfection, the more it acts, and the less it suffers."