That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it

Happiness may be defined as good fortune joined to virtue, or a independence, or as a life that is both agreeable and secure.

The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.

The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low.

Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws.

The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.