To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.

If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development

A body in motion can maintain this motion only if it remains in contact with a mover.

People never know each other until they have eaten a certain amount of salt together.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

Also, that which is desirable in itself is more desirable than what is desirable per accidens.

...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck. If his proposal lost he was instantly hanged.