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.

The probable is what usually happens.

Some believe it to be just friends wanting, as if to be healthy enough to wish health.

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

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.

The student of politics therefore as well as the psychologist must study the nature of the soul.

The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then only intermittently. For the rest there is a second-best way of life, that of moral virtue and practical wisdom.