There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides that which we have adduced. Make a vessel of wax and put it in the sea, fastening its mouth in such a way as to prevent any water getting in. Then the water that percolates through the wax sides of the vessel is sweet, the earthy stuff, the admixture of which makes the water salt, being separated off as it were by a filter.

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.

It is evidently equally foolish to accept probable reasoning from a mathematician and to demand from a rhetorician demonstrative proofs.

It is likely that unlikely things should happen

No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.

Self-sufficiency is both a good and an absolute good.