Property should be in a certain sense common, but, as a general rule, private; for, when every one has a distinct interest, men will not complain of one another, and they will make more progress, because every one will be attending to his own business.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

Have a definite, clear, practical ideal - a goal, an objective.

In all things which have a plurality of parts, and which are not a total aggregate but a whole of some sort distinct from the parts, there is some cause.

The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.

Change in all things is sweet.

The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.