A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.

When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.

The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.

Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period of barrenness.

Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic?