To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.
Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.
Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.
Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences.