If purpose, then, is inherent in art, so is it in Nature also. The best illustration is the case of a man being his own physician, for Nature is like that - agent and patient at once.

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.

Those who merely possess the goods of fortune may be haughty and insolent; . . . they try to imitate the great-souled man without being really like him, and only copy him in what they can, reproducing his contempt for others but not his virtuous conduct. For the great-souled man is justified in despising other people - his estimates are correct; but most proud men have no good ground for their pride.

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.

A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.