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

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the constitution; the virtue of the citizen must therefore be relative to the constitution of which he is a member.

All friendly feelings toward others come from the friendly feelings a person has for himself.

To be angry is easy. But to be angry with the right man at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy.

It is evident, then, that there is a sort of education in which parents should train their sons, not as being useful or necessary, but because it is liberal or noble.