Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.
The most perfect political community must be amongst those who are in the middle rank, and those states are best instituted wherein these are a larger and more respectable part, if possible, than both the other; or, if that cannot be, at least than either of them separate.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
Happiness is a sort of action.
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
Hope is the dream of a waking man.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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.
The end of labor is to gain leisure.
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
Nature does nothing in vain.
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