The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

Law is order, and good law is good order.

Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.

The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.