There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art.

The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

There is nothing grand or noble in having the use of a slave, in so far as he is a slave; or in issuing commands about necessary things. But it is an error to suppose that every sort of rule is despotic like that of a master over slaves, for there is as great a difference between the rule over freemen and the rule over slaves as there is between slavery by nature and freedom by nature . .

The state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a greater degree than any other, and at the highest good.

The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.