The End is included among goods of the soul, and not among external goods.

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 greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.

It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.

You are what you do repeatedly.

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

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.