Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses rather than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses.
Only the educated are free.
Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.
No great thing is created suddenly.
A soul which is conversant with virtue is like an ever flowing source, for it is pure and tranquil and potable and sweet and communicative (social) and rich and harmless and free from mischief.