The first principle of all action is leisure.

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

What is the highest of all goods achievable by action? ...both the general run of man and people of superior refinement say that it is happiness ...but with regard to what happiness is they differ.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed, there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man.

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms

The best tragedies are conflicts between a hero and his destiny.