A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return.

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

So it is clear that the search for what is just is a search for the mean; for the law is the mean.

If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development

Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.