The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Read Summary
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. Read Summary
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. Read Summary
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil. Read Summary
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. Read Summary
Character is simply habit long continued. Read Summary
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. Read Summary
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. Read Summary
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues. Read Summary
The wildest colts make the best horses. Read Summary
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them. Read Summary
If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. Read Summary
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. Read Summary
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. Read Summary
Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord. Read Summary
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Read Summary
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. Read Summary
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist. Read Summary
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. Read Summary
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. Read Summary