God and nature create nothing that does not fulfill a purpose.
For the more limited, if adequate, is always preferable.
The soul is the form of the body.
95% of everything you do is the result of habit.
The avarice of mankind is insatiable.
A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.
A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.
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 trouble, and the suicide does not undergo death because it is honorable, but in order to avoid evil.
People generally despise where they flatter.
Even the best of men in authority are liable to be corrupted by passion. We may conclude then that the law is reason without passion, and it is therefore preferable to any individual.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
If the art of ship-building were in the wood, ships would exist by nature.
In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to anger, but be free from bitterness and contentiousness, having tranquility and stability in the spirit.
Wherefore women are more compassionate and more readily made to weep, more jealous and querulous, more fond of railing, and more contentious. The female also is more subject to depression of spirits and despair than the male. She is also more shameless and false, more readily deceived, and more mindful of injury, more watchful, more idle, and on the whole less excitable than the male. On the contrary, the male is more ready to help, and, as it has been said, more brave than the female; and even in the malacia, if the sepia is struck with a trident, the male comes to help the female, but the female makes her escape if the male is struck.
If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
You are not truly wealthy unless you earn money while you are sleeping.
Don’t sleep too much. If you sleep 3 hours less each night for a year, you will have an extra month and a half to succeed.
To be successful, you must act big, think big and talk big.