By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

And what has come to prevail in democracies is the very reverse of beneficial, in those, that is, which are regarded as the most democratically run. The reason for this lies in the failure properly to define liberty. For there are two marks by which democracy is thought to be defined: "sovereignty of the majority" and "liberty." "Just" is equated with what is equal, and the decision of the majority as to what is equal is regarded as sovereign; and liberty is seen in terms of doing what one wants.

When quarrels and complaints arise, it is when people who are equal have not got equal shares, or vice-versa.

Justice is the loveliest and health is the best. but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire.

This world is inescapably linked to the motions of the worlds above. All power in this world is ruled by these options.

It makes no difference whether a good man has defrauded a bad man, or a bad man defrauded a good man, or whether a good or bad man has committed adultery: the law can look only to the amount of damage done.