Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to.

Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.

Aristotle said: "Evil brings men together."

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