 An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. |
| To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. |
| When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door. |
| In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. |
| The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. |
| We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away. |
| I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. |
| If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. |
| 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. |
| A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues. |
| Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. |
| To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days. Topics: Childhood |
| Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord. |
| Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them. |
| Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. |
| Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. |
| To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. |
| No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. |
| It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. |
| Character is long-standing habit. |
