The line has magnitude in one way, the plane in two ways, and the solid in three ways, and beyond these there is no other magnitude because the three are all.

Peace is more difficult than war.

Patience is so like fortitude that she seems either her sister or her daughter.

A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.

A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.

For what is the best choice for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property, some things he will place at the disposal of his friends, while of others he shares the use of them.