To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.

That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a questionable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.

Nor need it cause surprise that things disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable to many corruptions and diseases, and the things in question are not really pleasant, but only pleasant to these particular persons, who are in a condition to think them so.

Equality is of two kinds, numerical and proportional; by the first I mean sameness of equality in number or size; by the second, equality of ratios.

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom

Some believe it to be just friends wanting, as if to be healthy enough to wish health.

No one loves the man whom he fears.