Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

We must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one thing which is natural to him and does it at the right time, and leaves other things.

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.

Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night.

He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

Any peace is better than any war