“Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.”
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.