The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.

When...we, as individuals, obey laws that direct us to behave for the welfare of the community as a whole, we are indirectly helping to promote the pursuit of happiness by our fellow human beings.

That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.

Youth should stay away from all evil, especially things that produce wickedness and ill-will.

One has no friend who has many friends.