The good lawgiver should inquire how states and races of men and communities may participate in a good life, and in the happiness which is attainable by them.

Education and morals make the good man, the good statesman, the good ruler.

Let us first understand the facts and then we may seek the cause.

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.

Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Between husband and wife friendship seems to exist by nature, for man is naturally disposed to pairing.