That education should be regulated by law and should be an affair of state is not to be denied, but what should be the character of this public education, and how young persons should be educated, are questions which remain to be considered. As things are, there is disagreement about the subjects. For mankind are by no means agreed about the things to be taught, whether we look to virtue or the best life. Neither is it clear whether education is more concerned with intellectual or with moral virtue.

Perception starts with the eye.

Wicked men obey for fear, but the good for love.

The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.

It is no part of a physician's business to use either persuasion or compulsion upon the patients.