Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Since the branch of philosophy on which we are at present engaged differs from the others in not being a subject of merely intellectual interest — I mean we are not concerned to know what goodness essentially is, but how we are to become good men, for this alone gives the study its practical value — we must apply our minds to the solution of the problems of conduct.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only because there was something useful in the inventions, but because he was thought wise and superior to the rest. But as more arts were invented, and some were directed to the necessities of life, others to its recreation, the inventors of the latter were always regarded as wiser than the inventors of the former, because their branches of knowledge did not aim at utility.

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.