"Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids"

"Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had."

"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions."

"The gods too are fond of a joke."

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."

"A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community."

"Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another."

"The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods."

"It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies."

"It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours."

"Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it."