That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
We laugh at that which we cannot bear to face.
Education and morals make the good man, the good statesman, the good ruler.
...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck. If his proposal lost he was instantly hanged.
The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late.