Quotes
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
The soul never thinks without a picture.
The secret to humor is surprise.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale - and that alone can guide.
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.
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
The law is reason, free from passion.