When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain$$$ he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.

To make the existence and coherent structure of this Universe depend upon automatic activity and upon chance is against all good sense.

There is in every one of us$$$ even those who seem to be most moderate$$$ a type of desire that is terrible$$$ wild$$$ and lawless.

Bodily exercise$$$ when compulsory$$$ does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

When there is an income tax$$$ the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

If a man can be properly said to love something$$$ it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole$$$ and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.

Excellence is not a gift$$$ but a skill that takes practice. We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent"$$$ in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".

Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence$$$ and poverty of meanness and viciousness$$$ and both of discontent.