Plutarch

"If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning."

"The greatest and most envied success is that of the ambitious man."

"Nature abhors a vacuum."

"When age comes on, the soul of man does not leave his body easily."

"Art is the imitation of nature."

"Vengeance is a kind of wild justice."

"The beautiful thing is that beauty is objective."

"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."

"Every society must have a leader or it will collapse."

"In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."

"Wealth, it is a commodity that tends to multiply."

"There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher would make it."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"The law is a wall between the strong and the weak."

"One cannot live pleasantly without living prudently and honorably and justly."

"Men are the natural protectors and leaders of women."

"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence."

"The mind cannot abide a vacuum."

"As a man grows older, the splendor of his soul becomes more and more evident."

"The fruit does not fall far from the tree."

"Let him that would move the world first move himself."

"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime."

"When a man takes a wife, he should leave no stone unturned in the education of her."

"Obstinacy in small matters is the ruin of great enterprises."

"The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity."

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."

"History repeats itself because nobody was listening the first time."

"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books."

"The very spring of courage is the knowledge that whatever happens, you possess the strength to change it."

"It is common for those who have conquered in battle to lose in peace."