But obviously a state which becomes progressively more and more of a unity will cease to be a state at all. Plurality of numbers is natural in a state; and the farther it moves away from plurality towards unity, the less of a state it becomes and the more a household, and the household in turn an individual.

When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.

Let us first understand the facts and then we may seek the cause.

Imagination is a sort of faint perception.

The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.

One may go wrong in many different ways, but right only in one, which is why it is easy to fail and difficult to succeed.

Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.