Memory is the scribe of the soul.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Through discipline comes freedom.
Philosophy can make people sick.
The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
All earthquakes and disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
Comedy aims at representing men as worse, tragedy as better than in actual life.
Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.
Anger is a gift.
Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.
Plot is character revealed by action.
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
The gods too are fond of a joke.
The soul never thinks without a mental picture.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.
To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd.