"Courage is the mother of all virtues..." - Quote by Aristotle

“All proofs rest on premises.”

“...in this way the structure of the universe- I mean, of the heavens and the earth and the whole world- was arranged by one harmony through the blending of the most opposite principles.”

“Just as a royal rule, if not a mere name, must exist by virtue of some great personal superiority in the king, so tyranny, which is the worst of governments, is necessarily the farthest removed from a well-constituted form; oligarchy is little better, for it is a long way from aristocracy, and democracy is the most tolerable of the three.”

“To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.”

“To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.”

“Even if you have to go through hell - go without hesitation.”

“That education should be regulated by law and should be an affair of state is not to be denied, but what should be the character of this public education, and how young persons should be educated, are questions which remain to be considered. As things are, there is disagreement about the subjects. For mankind are by no means agreed about the things to be taught, whether we look to virtue or the best life. Neither is it clear whether education is more concerned with intellectual or with moral virtue.”

“Pride is handsome, economical; pride eradicates so many vices, letting none subsist but itself, that it seems as if it were a great gain to exchange vanity for pride.”

“All the gold upon the earth and all the gold beneath it, does not compensate for lack of virtue.”