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

Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean.

Again, the male is by nature superior, and the female inferior; and the one rules, and the other is ruled; this principle, of necessity, extends to all mankind.

To leave the number of births unrestricted, as is done in most states, inevitably causes poverty among the citizens, and poverty produces crime and faction.

Youth should stay away from all evil, especially things that produce wickedness and ill-will.

...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.

He overcomes a stout enemy who overcomes his own anger.