No one praises happiness as one praises justice, but we call it a 'blessing,' deeming it something higher and more divine than things we praise.

There is no genius who hasn't a touch of insanity.

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

Greatness of Soul seems therefore to be as it were a crowning ornament of the virtues; it enhances their greatness, and it cannot exist without them. Hence it is hard to be truly great-souled, for greatness of soul is impossible without moral nobility.

It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not the same, but the good citizen ought to be capable of both; he should know how to govern like a freeman, and how to obey like a freeman - these are the virtues of a citizen.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.