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 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.

One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.

Soul and body, I suggest react sympathetically upon each other. A change in the state of the soul produces a change in the shape of the body and conversely, a change in the shape of the body produces a change in the state of the soul.

...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.

If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.