Actions determine what kind of characteristics are developed.

For any two portions of fire, small or great, will exhibit the same ratio of solid to void; but the upward movement of the greater is quicker than that of the less, just as the downward movement of a mass of gold or lead, or of any other body endowed with weight, is quicker in proportion to its size.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

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

To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.

What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure