Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?

To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.