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

The angry man wishes the object of his anger to suffer in return; hatred wishes its object not to exist.

To the sober person adventurous conduct often seems insanity.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

But also philosophy is not about perceptible substances they, you see, are prone to destruction.

The attainment of truth is then the function of both the intellectual parts of the soul. Therefore their respective virtues are those dispositions which will best qualify them to attain truth.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.