Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of the democracy; measures therefore ….

Since music has so much to do with the molding of character, it is necessary that we teach it to our children..

What we expect, that we find..

The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy..

There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up for a time a succe….

In most constitutional states the citizens rule and are ruled by turns, for the idea of a constitutional state implies that the natures of the citize….

Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new….

But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul..

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it..

Philosophy can make people sick..

It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession begets tyranny..

Being a father is the most rewarding thing a man whose career has plateaued can do..

The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life..

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom..

If you prove the cause, you at once prove the effect; and conversely nothing can exist without its cause..

Prudence as well as Moral Virtue determines the complete performance of a man's proper function: Virtue ensures the rightness of the end we aim at, P….

A man is the origin of his action..

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have leisure..

A right election can only be made by those who have knowledge..

We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means..

Now the goodness that we have to consider is clearly human goodness, since the good or happiness which we set out to seek was human good and human ha….