The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.

Men must be able to engage in business and go to war, but leisure and peace are better; they must do what is necessary and indeed what is useful, but what is honorable is better. On such principles children and persons of every age which requires education should be trained.

For what is the best choice for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

Rising before daylight is also to be commended; it is a healthy habit, and gives more time for the management of the household as well as for liberal studies.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us.

This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.