He is courageous who endures and fears the right thing, for the right motive, in the right way and at the right times.

Xenophanes states that the fire in Lipara once failed for sixteen years, but returned in the seventeenth year. They say that the lava-stream in Etna is neither flaming nor continuous, but returns only after an interval of many years.

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction.

That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in our own day this principle is universally neglected. The best laws, though sanctioned by every citizen of the state, will be of no avail unless the young are trained by habit and education in the spirit of the constitution.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it.