He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"

Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

Ability without honor is useless.

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

The human mind ever longs for occupation.