[Hope is] the dream of a waking man.

We have divided the Virtues of the Soul into two groups, the Virtues of the Character and the Virtues of the Intellect.

The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole.

Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.'

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have leisure.

The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.