The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.
To the sober person adventurous conduct often seems insanity.
Excellence is not an art. It is the habit of practice.
Education begins at the level of the learner.
A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.
Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character ofthe speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third on the proof, provided by the words of the speech itself.