The family is the association established by nature for the supply of men's everyday wants.

Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.

Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws.

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have leisure.

. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.

What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.