Rising before daylight is also to be commended; it is a healthy habit, and gives more time for the management of the household as well as for liberal studies.

Every man should be responsible to others, nor should anyone be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man. But the principle of responsibility secures that which is the greatest good in states; the right persons rule and are prevented from doing wrong, and the people have their due. It is evident that this is the best kind of democracy, and why? because the people are drawn from a certain class.

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Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied.

Man is the metre of all things, the hand is the instrument of instruments, and the mind is the form of forms.

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

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes.