Man is the metre of all things, the hand is the instrument of instruments, and the mind is the form of forms..

Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life..

The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal appeal to the man w….

He who hath many friends hath none..

Character is revealed through action..

What is the highest of all goods achievable by action? ...both the general run of man and people of superior refinement say that it is happiness ...b….

Any change of government which has to be introduced should be one which men, starting from their existing constitutions, will be both willing and abl….

Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life..

Try is a noisy way of doing nothing..

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness wh….

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one..

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all..

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to esca….

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies..

Between friends there is no need for justice, but people who are just still need the quality of friendship; and indeed friendliness is considered to ….

He who is by nature not his own but another's man is by nature a slave..

Quid quid movetur ab alio movetur"(nothing moves without having been moved)..

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader..

In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although mankind….

Character is determined by choice, not opinion..

Authority is no source for Truth..