We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.

The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

Of the irrational part of the soul again one division appears to be common to all living things, and of a vegetative nature.

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

Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.

Of cases where a man is truthful both in speech and conduct when no considerations of honesty come in, from an habitual sincerity of disposition. Such sincerity may be esteemed a moral excellence; for the lover of truth, who is truthful even when nothing depends on it, will a fortiori be truthful when some interest is at stake, since having all along avoided falsehood for its own sake, he will assuredly avoid it when it is morally base; and this is a disposition that we praise.