“The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.”
“There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.”
“No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.”
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
“Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.”
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”
“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.”
“Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.”
“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
“Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.”
“Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.”
“The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.”
“Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”
“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.”
“No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.”
“What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”
“Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.”
“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”
“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”
“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.”
“Homer has taught all other poets the are of telling lies skillfully.”
“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.”
“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.”
“The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.”
“Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.”
“The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.”
“It's best to rise from life like a banquet, neither thirsty or drunken.”
“Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.”
“Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.”
“Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.”