When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.

Have a definite, clear, practical ideal - a goal, an objective.

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.

Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.

The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life.