The misanthrope, as an essentially solitary man, is not a man at all: he must be a beast or a god.

When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.

Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to be found. The reason is that prudence is concerned with particulars as well as universals, and particulars become known from experience, but a young person lacks experience, since some length of time is needed to produce it.

Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

The law does not expressly permit suicide, and what it does not permit it forbids.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only one of these is present, we say that the thing is alive, if, for instance, there is intellect or perception or spatial movement and rest or indeed movement connected with nourishment and growth and decay. It is for this reason that all the plants are also held to be alive . . .