There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.

The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late.

Youth loves honor and victory more than money.

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

In the Laws it is maintained that the best constitution is made up of democracy and tyranny, which are either not constitutions at all, or are the worst of all. But they are nearer the truth who combine many forms; for the constitution is better which is made up of more numerous elements. The constitution proposed in the Laws has no element of monarchy at all; it is nothing but oligarchy and democracy, leaning rather to oligarchy.