Philosophy is the science which considers truth.

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.

Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.

Let us be well persuaded that everyone of us possesses happiness in proportion to his virtue and wisdom, and according as he acts in obedience to their suggestion.

The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

The best tragedies are conflicts between a hero and his destiny.

Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.