No state will be well administered unless the middle class holds sway.

Justice therefore demands that no one should do more ruling than being ruled, but that all should have their turn.

Happiness is a state of activity.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.