The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

If men think that a ruler is religious and has a reverence for the Gods, they are less afraid of suffering injustice at his hands.

There also appears to be another element in the soul, which, though irrational, yet in a manner participates in rational principle.

If then nature makes nothing without some end in view, nothing to no purpose, it must be that nature has made all of them for the sake of man.

A human being is a naturally political [animal].

All men seek one goal: success or happiness.