The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.

Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man.

A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.

The goodness or badness, justice or injustice, of laws varies of necessity with the constitution of states. This, however, is clear, that the laws must be adapted to the constitutions. But if so, true forms of government will of necessity have just laws, and perverted forms of government will have unjust laws.

Moral qualities are so constituted as to be destroyed by excess and by deficiency . . .

One may go wrong in many different ways, but right only in one, which is why it is easy to fail and difficult to succeed.

The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.