Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

The line has magnitude in one way, the plane in two ways, and the solid in three ways, and beyond these there is no other magnitude because the three are all.

To love someone is to identify with them.

A city is composed of different kinds of men; similar people cannot bring a city into existence.

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.