We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.

We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the first move-and he, in turn, waits for you.

If purpose, then, is inherent in art, so is it in Nature also. The best illustration is the case of a man being his own physician, for Nature is like that - agent and patient at once.

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

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.