There must be in prudence also some master virtue.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws.

For the more limited, if adequate, is always preferable.

Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

When a draco has eaten much fruit, it seeks the juice of the bitter lettuce; it has been seen to do this.