Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

A friend is simply one soul in two bodies.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.

Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.

It is clear that there is some difference between ends: some ends are energeia [energy], while others are products which are additional to the energeia.