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

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

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.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.