Quotes
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Most people would rather give than get affection.
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
Man is by nature a political animal.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
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.