Men of different tastes have different pursuits.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.

The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.

Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?

To live long, live slowly.