Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil.
Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action, fears and is afraid of an ill reputation.
Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.
The ultimate design of the Mysteries ... was to lead us back to the principles from which we descended, ... a perfect enjoyment of intellectual [spiritual] good.
The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.