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| [Greek]—Happiness is theirs who are sufficient for themselves. | 1 |
| [Greek]—In general men do wrong whenever circumstances enable them. | 2 |
| [Greek]—It is only the character of a man, not his wealth, that is stable. | 3 |
| [Greek]—Man is by nature an animal meant for civic life. | 4 |
| [Greek]—The aim of the wise man is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. | 5 |
| [Greek]—Wisdom never contemplates what wilt make a happy man. | 6 |
| A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth. | 7 |
| Amicus est unus animus in duobus corporibus—A friend is one soul in two bodies. | 8 |
| Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. | 9 |
| Dignity consists not in possessing honours, but in deserving them. | 10 |
| Friendship is communion. | 11 |
| Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy. | 12 |
| It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. | 13 |
| It is through the feeling of wonder that men philosophise. | 14 |
| Life is movement. | 15 |
| Man is the meter of all things; the hand is the instrument of instruments, and the mind is the form of forms. | 16 |
| Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law and without justice. | 17 |
| Memory is the scribe of the soul. | 18 |
| Nature, study, and practice must combine to ensure proficiency in any art. | 19 |
| No man praises happiness as he would justice, but calls it blessed, as being something more divine and excellent. | 20 |
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| Philosophy teaches us to do willingly and from conviction what others do under compulsion. | 21 |
| The end of labour is to gain leisure. | 22 |
| The fate of empires depends upon the education of youth. | 23 |
| The one exclusive sign of a thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. | 24 |
| The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions. | 25 |
| The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. | 26 |
| There is a foolish corner even in the brain of the sage. | 27 |
| Those who educate children well are more to be honoured than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. | 28 |
| To be happy means to be sufficient for one’s self. | 29 |
| Without friends no one would choose to live, even if he had all other good things. | 30 |
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