The things best to know are first principles and causes, but these things are perhaps the most difficult for men to grasp, for they are farthest removed from the senses.

The things best to know are first principles and causes, but these things are perhaps the most difficult for men to grasp, for they are farthest removed from the senses.

Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be.

Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.

In educating the young we steer them by the rudders of pleasure and pain