The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

But nature flies from the infinite; for the infinite is imperfect, and nature always seeks an end.

The true nature of a thing is the highest it can become.

Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation.

All men agree that a just distribution must be according to merit in some sense; they do not all specify the same sort of merit, but democrats identify it with freemen, supporters of oligarchy with wealth (or noble birth), and supporters of aristocracy with excellence.

If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.

Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.