The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

The End is included among goods of the soul, and not among external goods.

We should venture on the study of every kind of animal without distaste; for each and all will reveal to us something natural and something beautiful.

A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.

"I was not alone when I was in Goofy hell"

In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.

The seat of the soul and the control of voluntary movement - in fact, of nervous functions in general, - are to be sought in the heart. The brain is an organ of minor importance.