Money originated with royalty and slavery, it has nothing to do with democracy or the struggle of the empoverished enslaved majority.

Injustice results as much from treating unequals equally as from treating equals unequally.

Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.

The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.

Those who have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.