What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.

The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a summer make.

To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.

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