A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must not be mean or above the dignity of the subject. It must be appropriate.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds.

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.

The Good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue, or if there be several human excellences or virtues, in conformity with the best and most perfect among them.

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms

A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.