The spirit of constitutional government is the limitation of sovereign power and the protection of the rights of the people.

If there is one thing in my life I can be proud of, it is that I was the first to reach Takasugi's side at that moment.

Shot by a fool — it can't be helped.

Philosophy is nothing other than the pursuit of nobility and goodness.

-- Gaius Musonius Rufus

Educate the children and it will not be necessary to punish the men.

-- Pythagoras

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies.

-- Hypatia

To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing.

-- Hypatia

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

-- Confucius

Blue dye is extracted from the indigo plant, yet it is bluer than indigo itself.

-- Xunzi