There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

The soul suffers when the body is diseased or traumatized, while the body suffers when the soul is ailing.

The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then only intermittently. For the rest there is a second-best way of life, that of moral virtue and practical wisdom.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Anybody can get hit over the head.

Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.