But the evil which is remediable should be dealt with more in sorrow than anger.

He who is unjust is to be pitied in any case; for no man voluntarily does evil or allows evil to exist in his soul.

And therefore he who deals with the curable sort must be long-suffering and forbearing; but the incurable shall have the vials of our wrath poured out upon him.

The greatest of all evils is self-love, which is thought to be natural and excusable, and is enforced as a duty, and yet is the cause of many errors.

The lover is blinded about the beloved, and prefers his own interests to truth and right; but the truly great man seeks justice before all things.