"Evil is more opposed to the good than to the no-good."

"It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn. The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant."

"Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence."

"The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant."

"The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life."

"'Excellence' is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act 'rightly' because we are 'excellent', in fact we achieve 'excellence' by acting 'rightly'."

"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty."

"Life is a short exile."

"Death is not the worst that can happen to men."

"All knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom."