To give counsel, as well as to take it, is a feature of true friendship.
Life without learning is death.
There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.
Who doesn’t know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.
Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.
So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!
If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.
I wonder that a soothsayer doesn’t laugh whenever he sees another soothsayer.
Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.
Those who do not know history will forever remain children.
History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life.
What society does to its children, so will its children do to society.
The real friend is another self.
Sometimes I do what I want to. The rest of the time- I do what I have to.
In times of war, the law falls silent.
Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.
As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.
An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.
Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.