So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which a prudent man would use to determine it. It is a mean between two kinds of vice, one of excess and the other of deficiency.

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have leisure.

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Talent is culture with insolence.

We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.