You'll understand what life is if you think about the act of dying. When I die, how will I be different from the way I am right now? In the first mom….

It is of itself that the divine thought thinks (since it is the most excellent of things), and its thinking is a thinking on thinking..

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and seem, terrible for a ma….

Every effort therefore must be made to perpetuate prosperity. And, since that is to the advantage of the rich as well as the poor, all that accrues f….

To perceive is to suffer..

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake..

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace..

That in the soul which is called the mind is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing..

Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue..

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers..

Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and….

It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not the same, but the good citizen ought to be ….

. . . the man is free, we say, who exists for his own sake and not for another's..

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them..

Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure..

Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech..

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on t….

A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher..

Happiness is a thing honored and perfect. This seems to be borne out by the fact that it is a first principle or starting-point, since all other thin….

1 is not prime, by definition. 2 is an unnatural prime, 4 is an unnatural prime, and 6 is an unnatural prime. All other natural primes cannot be unna….

For what is the best choice for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve..