The misanthrope, as an essentially solitary man, is not a man at all: he must be a beast or a god.

Teaching is the highest form of understanding.

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.

A friend is another I.

Happiness is a thing honored and perfect. This seems to be borne out by the fact that it is a first principle or starting-point, since all other things that all men do are done for its sake; and that which is the first principle and cause of things good we agree to be something honorable and divine.

The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.