In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.

All men are alike when asleep.

The seat of the soul and the control of voluntary movement - in fact, of nervous functions in general, - are to be sought in the heart. The brain is an organ of minor importance.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions.

The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.

The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which is a little more important, until they have undermined the whole fabric of the state.