It would be wrong to put friendship before the truth.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

A friend is a second self.

Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions; music has thus the power to form character, and the various kinds of music based on various modes may be distinguished by their effects on character.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.