In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.

In regard to intellect and true virtue, every nation is on a par with the rest, and God has not in these respects chosen one people rather than another.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain them.

Whatever increases, decreases, limits or extends the body's power of action, increases decreases, limits, or extends the mind's power of action. And whatever increases, decreases, limits, or extends the mind's power of action, also increases, decreases, limits, or extends the body's power of action.