[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable and obedient to it

Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.

The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Life is only meaningful when we are striving for a goal .