Social progress is advanced far more by strengthening the weak than by chastising the wicked.
The sense of safety implies not merely absence of fear, but also freedom of action.
Justice should be the motto of the State; prudence that of the individual.
Self-recognition is a part of happiness; but the recognition by others of what we pride ourselves upon, is another and a large part of it.
Man is a social being; but the true aim of his social activity is to learn how to be solitary.