Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.
The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole.
It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.
To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.
Have a definite, clear, practical ideal - a goal, an objective.
No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.