"Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly."
"Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half."
"Of necessity, the most like are most full of envy, strife, and hatred of one another, and the most unlike of friendship. For the poor man is compelled to be the friend of the rich, and the weak requires the aid of the strong, and the sick man of the physician; everyone who knows not has to love and court him who knows."
"Any city however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich. These are at war with one another."
"Justice will only exist where those not affected by injustice are filled with the same amount of indignation as those offended."
"Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding."
"Artist or sage or ruler errs at the time when he is what his name implies."
"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things."
"Above all things truth beareth away the victory."
"You should not honor men more than truth."