Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the mind at about forty-nine

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world

At his best man is the noblest of all animals separated from law and justice he is the worst

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all

Most people would rather get than give affection

Most people would rather give than get affection