this is the greatest good to man, to discourse daily on virtue, and other things which you have heard me discussing, examining both myself and others,

a life without investigation is not worth living

virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.

Your calling helps you to have goals

One of the reasons God did not make a lover for Himself when He made one for Adam is because He knew that fewer people would take Him seriously once He had an ex.

Reality is symbolicof an unseen insanity

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

Praise behaviour that you want repeated

I don't think so much anymore. When you're younger, and at your height, then people want you to do that great one again. But seriously, things are forgotten, and that's the truth.

[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.

When you brush your teeth, I'll squeeze the toothpaste.

Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent not a singular conception of ability. and at the heart of the challenge is to reconstitute our sense of ability and intelligence

It?s not me to sleep with loads of men, but I do believe in having different experiences. At the end of the day, the nicest thing is the old-fashioned one-on-one.