One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.

So it is clear that the search for what is just is a search for the mean; for the law is the mean.

Quid quid movetur ab alio movetur"(nothing moves without having been moved).

To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.

Of cases where a man is truthful both in speech and conduct when no considerations of honesty come in, from an habitual sincerity of disposition. Such sincerity may be esteemed a moral excellence; for the lover of truth, who is truthful even when nothing depends on it, will a fortiori be truthful when some interest is at stake, since having all along avoided falsehood for its own sake, he will assuredly avoid it when it is morally base; and this is a disposition that we praise.

There is honor in being a dog.

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.