Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity.

[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.

It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs, but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason, when the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs.

No state will be well administered unless the middle class holds sway.

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