I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies

All flatterers are mercenary, and all low-minded men are flatterers.

A thing chosen always as an end and never as a means we call absolutely final. Now happiness above all else appears to be absolutely final in this sense, since we always choose it for its own sake and never as a means to something else.

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

Men pay most attention to what is their own: they care less for what is common; or, at any rate, they care for it only to the extent to which each is individually concerned.

Rising before daylight is also to be commended; it is a healthy habit, and gives more time for the management of the household as well as for liberal studies.