“Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.”
Good“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
Courage“Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.”
Good“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.”
Age“Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.”
Art“Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.”
Happiness“What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”
Power“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
Happiness“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.”
Life“Education is the best provision for old age.”
Age“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.”
Truth“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals separated from law and justice he is the worst.”
Best“Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.”
Government“For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.”
Nature“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“There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.”
Great“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
Friendship“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”
Education“Hope is the dream of a waking man.”
Hope“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Education“It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.”
Men“We make war that we may live in peace.”
Peace