The appropriate age for marrige is around eighteen and thirty-seven for man

Here and elsewhere we shall not obtain the best insight into things until we actually see them growing from the beginning.

A young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life, but its discussions start from these and are about these; and, further, since he tends to follow his passions, his study will be vain and unprofitable, because the end that is aimed at is not knowledge but action. And it makes no difference whether he is young in years or youthful in character.

What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.

It is the repeated performance of just and temperate actions that produces virtue.

Friendship is two souls inhabiting one body.

The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get.