Know thyself; this is the great object.

What you think is the summit is only a step up

It is easy enough to arouse in a listener a desire for what is honorable; for in every one of us nature has laid the foundations or sown the seeds of the virtues. We are born to them all, all of us, and when a person comes along with the necessary stimulus, then those qualities of the personality are awakened, so to speak, from their slumber.

Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation.

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

If virtue precede us every step will be safe.

I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.