Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet, and the vapour does not form salt water when it condenses again. This I know by experiment. The s….

Our youth should also be educated with music and physical education..

Peace is more difficult than war..

[Prudence] is the virtue of that part of the intellect [the calculative] to which it belongs; and . . . our choice of actions will not be right witho….

A man can make up his mind quickly when he has only a little to make up..

Friends hold a mirror up to each other; through that mirror they can see each other in ways that would not otherwise be accessible to them, and it is….

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

Happiness is essentially perfect; so that the happy man requires in addition the goods of the body, external goods and the gifts of fortune, in order….

Our feelings towards our friends reflect our feelings towards ourselves..

A goal gets us motivated,while a good habit keeps us stay motivated..

It makes no difference whether a good man has defrauded a bad man, or a bad man defrauded a good man, or whether a good or bad man has committed adul….

So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions. Those w….

There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings. Tha….

Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be composed of ….

For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not.

He who sees things grow from the beginning will have the best view of them..

The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else..

In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure..

It is not easy to determine the nature of music, or why any one should have a knowledge of it..

Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them..

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes..