If You See A Man Approaching With

The Difference Between A Learned Man And An Ignorant One Is The Same As That Between A Living Man And A Corpse.

The True Nature Of Anything Is What It Becomes At Its Highest.

Every Rascal Is Not A Thief, But Every Thief Is A Rascal.

Nor Was Civil Society Founded Merely To Preserve The Lives Of Its Members; But That They Might Live Well: For Otherwise A State Might Be Composed Of Slaves, Or The Animal Creation... Nor Is It An Alliance Mutually To Defend Each Other From Injuries, Or For A Commercial Intercourse. But Whosoever Endeavors To Establish Wholesome Laws In A State, Attends To The Virtues And Vices Of Each Individual Who Composes It; From Whence It Is Evident, That The First Care Of Him Who Would Found A City, Truly Deserving That Name, And Not Nominally So, Must Be To Have His Citizens Virtuous.

Happiness Depends On Ourselves.