We should venture on the study of every kind of animal without distaste; for each and all will reveal to us something natural and something beautiful.

Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage.

We make war that we may live in peace.

In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.

A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.

When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life.

The soul is the form of the body