The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.
The soul becomes prudent by sitting and being quiet.
To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.
Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.
A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.
People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.