Laughter is a bodily exercise, precious to Health

Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us

All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves...

A man can make up his mind quickly when he has only a little to make up.

What is the highest of all goods achievable by action? ...both the general run of man and people of superior refinement say that it is happiness ...but with regard to what happiness is they differ.

Wicked men obey out of fear. good men, out of love