What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.

. .we would have to say that hereditary succession is harmful. You may say the king, having sovereign power, will not in that case hand over to his children. But it is hard to believe that: it is a difficult achievement, which expects too much virtue of human nature.

Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

Since music has so much to do with the molding of character, it is necessary that we teach it to our children.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

Comedy has had no history, because it was not at first treated seriously.