Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.
The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook
Rightness in our choice of an end is secured by [Moral] Virtue.
The first principle of all action is leisure.
Where the laws are not supreme, there demagogues spring up.