The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the common interest; but governments which rule with a view to the private interest, whether of the one or of the few, or of the many, are perversions. For the members of a state, if they are truly citizens, ought to participate in its advantages.

The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.

Prayers and sacrifices are of no avail.

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.

"I was not alone when I was in Goofy hell"

Nature creates nothing without a purpose.

A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions.