Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.- Aristotle
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.
No one loves the man whom he fears.
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
Nature does nothing in vain.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Most people would rather give than get affection.
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.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
