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"Those who are not angry at the things they should be angry at are thought to be fools, and so are those who are not angry in the right way, at the right time, or with the right persons."
"Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages."
"The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool."
"Now the greatest external good we should assume to be the thing which we offer as a tribute to the gods, and which is most coveted by men of high station, and is the prize awarded for the noblest deeds; and such a thing is honor, for honor is clearly the greatest of external goods."
"Being a father is the most rewarding thing a man whose career has plateaued can do."
"The greatest victory is over self."
"There are branches of learning and education which we must study merely with a view to leisure spent in intellectual activity, and these are to be valued for their own sake; whereas those kinds of knowledge which are useful in business are to be deemed necessary, and exist for the sake of other things."
"There is no genius who hasn't a touch of insanity."
"Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws."
"That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable."
"Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man."
"When you ask a dumb question, you get a smart answer."
"A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return."
"Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means."
"Civil confusions often spring from trifles but decide great issues."
"The intention makes the crime."
"Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character ofthe speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third on the proof, provided by the words of the speech itself."
"Women should marry when they are about eighteen years of age, and men at seven and thirty; then they are in the prime of life, and the decline in the powers of both will coincide."
"The greater the length, the more beautiful will the piece be by reason of its size, provided that the whole be perspicuous."
"As our acts vary, our habits will follow in their course."