“Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.”

“Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”

“Those who are not angry at the things they should be angry at are thought to be fools, and so are those who are not angry in the right way, at the right time, or with the right persons.”

“It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.”

“It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor... the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting.”

“Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.”

“We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.”