A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. A friend to all is a friend to none. A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which [...]

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is [...]

A man should be upright, not be kept upright. A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions. A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which [...]

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. All [...]

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. And remember, no matter where you go, there you are. Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. By [...]

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life [...]

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties. A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism. Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine [...]

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. A good indignation brings out all one’s powers. A great [...]

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true. All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. An honest man is always a child. As for me, all I [...]

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally. A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. A man [...]