It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Read Summary
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. Read Summary
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Read Summary
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Read Summary
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Read Summary
Hope is a waking dream. Read Summary
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. Read Summary
Well begun is half done. Read Summary
It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought. Read Summary
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. Read Summary
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. Read Summary
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. Read Summary
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. Read Summary
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. Read Summary
To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world. Read Summary
The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Read Summary
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. Read Summary
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. Read Summary
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Read Summary
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Read Summary