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.

One kind of justice is that which is manifested in distributions of honour or money or the other things that fall to be divided among those who have a share in the constitution ... and another kind is that which plays a rectifying part in transactions.

The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.