Philosopher

We make war that we may live in peace.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Pendidikan adalah bekal terbaik untuk hari tua.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Kesenangan dalam pekerjaan menempatkan kesempurnaan dalam pekerjaan.

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.