Of governments there are said to be only two forms - democracy and oligarchy. For aristocracy is considered to be a kind of oligarchy, as being the rule of a few, and the so-called constitutional government to be really a democracy.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

All friendly feelings toward others come from the friendly feelings a person has for himself.

It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.

Money originated with royalty and slavery, it has nothing to do with democracy or the struggle of the empoverished enslaved majority.

A state is an association of similar persons whose aim is the best life possible. What is best is happiness, and to be happy is an active exercise of virtue and a complete employment of it.

It is a part of probability that many improbable things will happen.