The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth.

Even the best of men in authority are liable to be corrupted by passion. We may conclude then that the law is reason without passion, and it is therefore preferable to any individual.

To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

But a man's best friend is the one who not only wishes him well but wishes it for his own sake (even though nobody will ever know it): and this condition is best fulfilled by his attitude towards himself - and similarly with all the other attributes that go to define a friend. For we have said before that all friendly feelings for others are extensions of a man's feelings for himself.

The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing.