Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

. . . you did not seem to me over-fond of money. And this is the way in general with those who have not made it themselves, while those who have are twice as fond of it as anyone else. For just as poets are fond of their own poems, and fathers of their own children, so money-makers become devoted to money, not only because, like other people, they find it useful, but because it's their own creation.

A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong - acting the part of a good man or of a bad.

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education, whatever that may be, as the surest way to make them behave humanely to each other and the subjects in their charge.

Romantic Art: The Hearts Awakening - Bouguereau At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.