"The part can never be well unless the whole is well."
Wisdom
"It is part of probability that many improbable things will happen."
Philosophy
"No one loves the man whom he fears."
Relationships
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."
Dreams
"The greatest felicities of the prosperous are the most terrible disasters for those whom they subdue."
Philosophy
"Slow movements of the stars inspire great thoughts."
Philosophy
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."
Wisdom
"It is not the function of government to make you happy. It is made to make you free."
Freedom
"You will become wise by considering your future as if it had already happened."
Wisdom
"The most unutterable lie that can be uttered is silence."
Truth
"Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine."
Solitude
"A political community can only be constituted by citizens sharing a concept of justice."
Justice
"Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own."
Knowledge
"The young should be restrained in their movements and taught to behave properly in all circumstances."
Education
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Perseverance
"The purpose of a friend is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."
Friendship
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
Success
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
Wisdom
"It is well to be up and doing."
Motivation
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
Nature
"Happiness depends upon ourselves."
Happiness
"The greatest virtues must be those that are most useful to other persons."
Kindness
"Well begun is half done."
Work
"Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends."
Perseverance
"The law is reason free from passion."
Justice
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
Wisdom
"A friend to all is a friend to none."
Friendship
"The goal of the soul is the highest good and is achieved through virtue."
Philosophy
"To perceive is to suffer."
Life
"We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole."
Solitude