A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property, some things he will place at the disposal of his friends, while of others he shares the use of them.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

All communication must lead to change

There is an error common to both oligarchies and to democracies: in the latter the demagogues, when the multitude are above the law, are always cutting the city in two by quarrels with the rich, whereas they should always profess to be maintaining their cause; just as in oligarchies the oligarchs should profess to maintain the cause of the people, . .

What we expect, that we find.