Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Marriage is like retiring as a bachelor and getting a sexual pension. You don't have to work for the sex any more, but you only get 65% as much.
The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.
Pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.