We learn not for life but for the debating-room.

Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.

It is opportunity that makes the thief.

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?

For what else is Nature but God and the Divine Reason that pervades the whole universe and all its parts.

Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by actions.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.