Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.
There is truth in wine and children
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.