For the man who makes everything that leads to happiness, or near to it, to depend upon himself, and not upon other men, on whose good or evil actions his own doings are compelled to hinge,--such a one, I say, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation; this is the man of manly character and of wisdom.

When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.

The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole.

The wolf cares not, how many the sheep be.

He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.

It is through geometry that one purifies the eye of the soul.

If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that injury is due from a just man to his enemies but kindness to his friends, he was not wise who said so, for he spoke not the truth, for in no case has it appeared to be just to injure any one.