Many men are loved by their enemies, and hated by their friends, and are the friends of their enemies, and the enemies of their friends.

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.

A state arises,as I conceive,out of the needs of mankind;no one is self-sufficing,but all of us have many wants

The man who hath music in his soul will be most in love with the loveliest.

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

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.

A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul.