Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

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

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.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.