Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. As in other sciences, so in politics, it is impossible that all things should be precisely set down in writing; for enactments must be universal, but actions are concerned with particulars. Hence we infer that sometimes and in certain cases laws may be changed.

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

Education is the best provision for old age.

Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.

[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.

Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.

Youth should stay away from all evil, especially things that produce wickedness and ill-will.