He who has knowledge of the just and the good and beautiful ... will not, when in earnest, write them in ink.

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.

All men, well interrogated, answer well.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

No man should be angry with what is true.

What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.

If it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice.