The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.
The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.
Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.
The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.
A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.
The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.