All three states - the Lacedaemonian, the Cretan, and the Carthaginian - nearly resemble one another, and are very different from any others. Many of the Carthaginian institutions are excellent. The superiority of their constitution is proved by the fact that the common people remains loyal to the constitution; the Carthaginians have never had any rebellion worth speaking of, and have never been under the rule of a tyrant.

Man by nature wants to know.

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom

To leave the number of births unrestricted, as is done in most states, inevitably causes poverty among the citizens, and poverty produces crime and faction.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

We make war that we may live in peace.

One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.