One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect at the same time.

If the hammer and the shuttle could move themselves, slavery would be unnecessary.

There are still two forms besides democracy and oligarchy; one of them is universally recognized and included among the four principal forms of government, which are said to be (1) monarchy, (2) oligarchy, (3) democracy, and (4) the so-called aristocracy or government of the best. But there is also a fifth, which retains the generic name of polity or constitutional government.

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

Youth loves honor and victory more than money.

A body in motion can maintain this motion only if it remains in contact with a mover.

The intention makes the crime.