Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.

It's like this, I think: the excellence of a good body doesn't make the soul good, but the other way around: the excellence of a good soul makes the body as good as it can be.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him to rule, and to obey, with justice. This is the only education which deserves the name.

I take it that our state, having been founded and built up on the right lines, is good in the complete sense of the word.

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.