Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
Our love for our children springs from the soul's greatest yearning for immortality.
A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.
Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.
And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?
Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.