He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature..

Perhaps here we have a clue to the reason why royal rule used to exist formerly, namely the difficulty of finding enough men of outstanding virtue..

Rising before daylight is also to be commended; it is a healthy habit, and gives more time for the management of the household as well as for liberal….

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free..

Your happiness depends on you alone..

The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy..

To die, and thus avoid poverty or love, or anything painful, is not the part of a brave man, but rather of a coward; for it is cowardice to avoid tro….

Civil confusions often spring from trifles but decide great issues..

Opinion involves belief (for without belief in what we opine we cannot have an opinion), and in the brutes though we often find imagination we never ….

Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be, and similarly everything that depends on art or any rational cause….

If 'bounded by a surface' is the definition of body there cannot be an infinite body either intelligible or sensible..

In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his….

If you see a man approaching with the obvious intent of doing you good, run for your life. Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come..

Between husband and wife friendship seems to exist by nature, for man is naturally disposed to pairing..

Either a beast or a god..

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard..

Those who assert that the mathematical sciences say nothing of the beautiful or the good are in error. For these sciences say and prove a great deal ….

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the v….

Laughter is a bodily exercise, precious to Health.

Money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest. And this term interest, which means the birth of money from money, is app….

Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hea….