They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

Freedom is participation in power.

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.