There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct.

Character is power.

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.

The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong.

The will to do springs<br /> from the knowledge that<br /> we can do. Belief always<br /> precedes action

The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the...

The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can...

The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

The only real security in<br /> life comes from knowing<br /> that every single day you<br /> are improving yourself in<br /> some way.

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

Your work is to discover<br /> your work, and then with<br /> all your heart to give<br /> yourself to it.

Such praise coming from so degraded a source, was degrading to me, its recipient.

When you doubt yourself<br /> you doubt everyone else<br /> as well. What is thought<br /> to be fear of others is<br /> really distrust of self

Strain every nerve to gain your point.

Reason should direct and appetite obey.

Our thoughts are free.

Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.