The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

Personal beauty requires that one should be tall; little people may have charm and elegance, but beauty-no.

The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life.

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

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