A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness.

Now the greatest external good we should assume to be the thing which we offer as a tribute to the gods, and which is most coveted by men of high station, and is the prize awarded for the noblest deeds; and such a thing is honor, for honor is clearly the greatest of external goods.

Try is a noisy way of doing nothing.

Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property, some things he will place at the disposal of his friends, while of others he shares the use of them.

To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.