Only that which is to be sought for its own sake is truly moral (honestum).

Nothing is fitting when Minerva is unwilling — that is, when nature opposes and resists.

The first duty of justice is to harm no one.

It is not learning that makes people good, but practice.

-- Gaius Musonius Rufus

It is the task of one rightly oriented toward others to draw the circles in toward the centre.

-- Hierocles

It is hard to retain what you learn unless you practice it.

-- Seneca

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

-- Marcus Aurelius

Virtue is a matter of deeds, not words.

-- Antisthenes

The beginning is half of the whole.

-- Aristotle