“The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.”

“It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.”

“Every man is like the company he wont to keep.”

“And so my thoughts have lead me to believe that childless men and women lead lives more fortunate than those with sons and daughters.”

“The wisest men follow their own direction.”

“Do not mistake the rule of forcefor true power. Men are not shaped by force.”

“Ruthless is the temper of royalty; How much better to live among the equals.Let me decline in a safe old age. The very name of the "middle way".”