“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
Good“The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.”
Best“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
Good“There's a victory, and defeat the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.”
Best“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.”
Knowledge“There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.”
Good“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”
Anger“He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.”
Good“Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.”
Education“It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.”
Life“Love is a serious mental disease.”
Love“Philosophy is the highest music.”
Music“If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.”
Education“States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.”
Men“Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.”
Legal“No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.”
Education“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
Good“There is no harm in repeating a good thing.”
Good“Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.”
Knowledge“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
Courage“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”
Knowledge“Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.”
Equality