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

The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well.

While fiction is often impossible, it should not be implausible.

We ought not to listen to those who exhort us, because we are human, to think of human things....We ought rather to take on immortality as much as possible, and do all that we can to live in accordance with the highest element within us; for even if its bulk is small, in its power and value it far exceeds everything.

Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.

It is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal.