Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

God and nature create nothing that does not fulfill a purpose

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Perhaps here we have a clue to the reason why royal rule used to exist formerly, namely the difficulty of finding enough men of outstanding virtue.

Fate of empires depends on the education of youth