The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it.
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.
The complete man must work, study and wrestle.
Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble: for instance those who have made money love money more than those who have inherited it.
Meanness is incurable; it cannot be cured by old age, or by anything else.