“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Happiness depends on leisure; for we are busy to have leisure, and make war to live in peace.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

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

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.