When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
The wildest colts make the best horses.
We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
Character is long-standing habit.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
