It is the property of a great and good mind to covet, not the fruit of good deeds, but good deeds themselves, and to seek for a good man even after having met with bad men.

A hated government does not long survive.

How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.

I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad.

The abundance of books is distraction