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.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness.

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions

Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.