Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions

Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation.

Now property is part of a household, and the acquisition of property part of household-management; for neither life itself nor the good life is possible without a certain minimum supply of the necessities.

The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life.