The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement

We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet

Education is the best provision for old age

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen