The law is reason, free from passion.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Cruel is the strife of brothers.

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.

We acquire a particular quality by acting in a particular way.

All proofs rest on premises.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The actuality of thought is life.

You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Just like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we’re never tested to our limits, how will we know how strong we really are? How will we ever grow?