Men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at the truth

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

The basis of a democratic state is liberty

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace

In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be done, but rather the doing of it. It is not enough to know about Virtue, then, but we must endeavor to possess it, and to use it, or to take any other steps that may make