Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
Every realm of nature is marvelous.
The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.
Through discipline comes freedom.
All food must be capable of being digested, and that what produces digestion is warmth; that is why everything that has soul in it possesses warmth.