When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.
Evil draws men together.
In inventing a model we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities.
A state is an association of similar persons whose aim is the best life possible. What is best is happiness, and to be happy is an active exercise of virtue and a complete employment of it.