The same ideas, one must believe, recur in men's minds not once or twice but again and again.

Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.

We must not feel a childish disgust at the investigations of the meaner animals. For there is something marvelous in all natural things.

The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

Through discipline comes freedom.

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.

The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.