No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.

Not every love, but only that which has a noble purpose, is noble and worthy of praise.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to acknowledgment of a divine power.

Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?

The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed.

Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.