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.

The senses are gateways to the intelligence. There is nothing in the intelligence which did not first pass through the senses.

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

Special care should be taken of the health of the inhabitants, which will depend chiefly on the healthiness of the locality and of the quarter to which they are exposed, and secondly on the use of pure water; this latter point is by no means a secondary consideration. For the elements which we use the most and oftenest for the support of the body contribute most to health, and among those are water and air. Wherefore, in all wise states, if there is want of pure water, and the supply is not all equally good, the drinking water ought to be separated from that which is used for other purposes.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

The vices respectively fall short of or exceed what is right in both passions and actions, while virtue both finds and chooses that which is intermediate.

In justice is all virtues found in sum.