“Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds. ”

“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.”

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”

“Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.”

“Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.”

“Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.”

“These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.”