“ Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal. ”

“ He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. ”

“ Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. ”

“ The secret to humor is surprise. ”

“ Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. ”

“ Quality is not an act, it is a habit. ”

“ Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. ”

“ The end of labor is to gain leisure. ”

“ It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought. ”

“ The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. ”