Man First Begins To Philosophize

A Man Is His Own Best Friend; Therefore He Ought To Love Himself Best.

Greatness Of Soul Seems Therefore To Be As It Were A Crowning Ornament Of The Virtues; It Enhances Their Greatness, And It Cannot Exist Without Them. Hence It Is Hard To Be Truly Great-souled, For Greatness Of Soul Is Impossible Without Moral Nobility.

No State Will Be Well Administered Unless The Middle Class Holds Sway.

He Who Takes His Fill Of Every Pleasure ... Becomes Depraved; While He Who Avoids All Pleasures Alike ... Becomes Insensible.

No Great Mind Has Ever Existed Without A Touch Of Madness.