Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property, some things he will place at the disposal of his friends, while of others he shares the use of them.

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself.

The souls ability to nourish itself lies in the heart.

Happiness is something final and complete in itself, as being the aim and end of all practical activities whatever .... Happiness then we define as the active exercise of the mind in conformity with perfect goodness or virtue.

In everything, it is no easy task to find the middle.

It is a part of probability that many improbable things will happen.

Friendship is two souls inhabiting one body.