Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence.

Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions.

What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.

The law is reason unaffected by desire.