Governments which have a regard to the common interest are constituted in accordance with strict principles of justice, and are therefore true forms; but those which regard only the interest of the rulers are all defective and perverted forms, for they are despotic, whereas a state is a community of freemen.

The continuum is that which is divisible into indivisibles that are infinitely divisible.

This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.

A human being is a naturally political [animal].

Excellence is not an art. It is the habit of practice.

To Unlearn is as hard as to Learn

That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it