Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

In the human species at all events there is a great diversity of pleasures. The same things delight some men and annoy others, and things painful and disgusting to some are pleasant and attractive to others.

Suppose, then, that all men were sick or deranged, save one or two of them who were healthy and of right mind. It would then be the latter two who would be thought to be sick and deranged and the former not!

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

Greatness of spirit is to bear finely both good fourtune and bad, honor and disgrace, and not to think highly of luxury or attention or power or victories in contests, and to possess a certain depth and magnitude of spirit.

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.