In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.

To know what virtue is is not enough; we must endeavor to possess and to practice it, or in some other manner actually ourselves to become good.

A friend is simply one soul in two bodies.

All that we do is done with an eye to something else.

A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return.

The greatest victory is over self.

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to.