Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.

Not to know of what things one should demand demonstration, and of what one should not, argues want of education.

Men agree that justice in the abstract is proportion, but they differ in that some think that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely, others that if they are unequal in any respect they should be unequal in all. The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.

The rattle is a toy suited to the infant mind, and education is a rattle or toy for children of larger growth.

In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.

In part, art completes what nature cannot elaborate; and in part it imitates nature.