“Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.”
Life“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
Happiness“Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.”
Life“Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.”
Truth“Education is the best provision for old age.”
Age“Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.”
Happiness“To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.”
Death“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.”
God“Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.”
Hope“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
Friendship“Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.”
Life“My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”
Best“Hope is a waking dream.”
Hope“He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.”
Good“It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”
Art“The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.”
Nature“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.”
Fear“He who hath many friends hath none.”
Friendship“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.”
Great“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
Happiness“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
Friendship“Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.”
Friendship