Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

it is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.

Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.