"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side."
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
"I have gained this by philosophy … I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law."
"The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think."
"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."
"Hope is a waking dream."