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No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

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It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit

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...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all o...more

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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.

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Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

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The void is 'not-being,' and no part of 'what is' is a 'not-being,'; for what 'is' in the strict sense of the term is an absolute plenum. This plenum,...more

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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

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Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

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Holding as we do that, while knowledge of any kind is a thing to be honoured and prized, one kind of it may, either by reason of its greater exactness...more

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We must consider also whether soul is divisible or is without parts, and whether it is everywhere homogeneous or not; and if not homogeneous, whether ...more

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperat...more

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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.

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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great cri...more

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It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.