Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
What lies in or power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.