The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

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.

Man is a biped without feathers.

... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.

Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it.

Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient.

The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.