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

It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession begets tyranny.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay.

To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

A period may be defined as a portion of speech that has in itself a beginning and an end, being at the same time not too big to be taken in at a glance