"How singular is the thing called pleasure, and how curiously related to pain, which might be thought to be the opposite of it; for they never come to a man together, and yet he who pursues either of them is generally compelled to take the other. They are two, and yet they grow together out of one head or stem."
"A life without investigation is not worth living."
"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder."
"Good actions can strengthen ourselves and inspire good actions to others."
"There can be no fairer spectacle than that of a man, who combines the possession of moral beauty in his soul with the outward beauty of form, corresponding and harmonizing with the former, because the same great pattern enters both."
"Any peace is better than any war."
"When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them."
"The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so."
"It is by justice, that we can authenticate a man's value or nullity, the absence of justice, is the absence of what makes him man."
"Books are immortal sons defying their sires."
"The good are like one another, and friends to one another; and ... the bad, as is often said of them, are never at unity with one another or with themselves, but are passionate and restless: and that which is at variance and enmity with itself is not likely to be in union or harmony with any other thing.,."
"It's like this, I think: the excellence of a good body doesn't make the soul good, but the other way around: the excellence of a good soul makes the body as good as it can be.,."
"Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up."
"Justice will only exist where those not affected by injustice are filled with the same amount of indignation as those offended."
"Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole."
"True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they will not stay long. They run away from a man's mind, so they are not worth much until you tether them by working out the reason. Once they are tied down, they become knowledge, and are stable."
"The matter is as it is in all other cases: If it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice.,."
"Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it, but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them."
"It seems to me that many fall into it even against their will, and fancy they are discussing, when they are merely debating, because they cannot distinguish the meanings of a term, in their investigation of any question, but carry on their opposition to what is stated, by attacking the mere words, employing the art of debate, and not that of philosophical discussion."
"All learning is in the learner, not the teacher."
