The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing.

Those who have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia.

It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.

What soon grows old? Gratitude.