Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.
What is acquired with much effort, is loved more.
Some believe that to be friends it is enough to want, as if to be healthy it was enough to desire health.
Think as wise men think, but speak as the common people speak.
Wisdom is an adornment in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
A loyal friend is a soul in two bodies.
One cannot be and not be something at the same time and under the same aspect.
The multitude obeys more out of necessity than reason, and to punishments more than honor.
The perfect friendship is that of the good, and of those who resemble each other in virtue. They wish each other well in the same way.
The friend of everyone is not a friend.
Total truth is never reached, nor is one ever completely removed from it.
It is thought that what is just is equal, and so it is; but not for all, only for the equals. On the other hand, it is thought that what is just is unequal, and so it is, but not for all, only for the unequals.
True happiness consists in doing good.