Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.

Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

Philosophy is the art of living.

Apothegms are the most infallible mirror to represent a man truly what he is.

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.

Blinded as they are to their true character by self-love, every man is his own first and chiefest flatterer, prepared, therefore, to welcome the flatterer from the outside, who only comes confirming the verdict of the flatterer within.

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.