I say that habit's but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men's nature in the end.

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

Philosophy begins with wonder.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny.

It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.

Happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... 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.