The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Again, the male is by nature superior, and the female inferior; and the one rules, and the other is ruled; this principle, of necessity, extends to all mankind.

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers, and oligarchy in which the rich; it is only an accident that the free are the many and the rich are the few.

Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.

There is nothing strange in the circle being the origin of any and every marvel.