- It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. »
- With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it. »
- What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing. »
- Evil draws men together. »
- Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come. »
- Law is order, and good law is good order. »
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. »
- It is easy to fly into a passion--anybody can do that--but to be angry with the right person and at the right time and with the right object and in the right way--that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it. »
- Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. »
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost. »
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