“Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example
“Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
“The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned
“We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself
“Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy