"There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless."

"Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."

"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers."

"Those who govern should be old, and those who are governed young."

"The object of education is to teach us to love beauty."