Also, that which is desirable in itself is more desirable than what is desirable per accidens.

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.

Before you heal the body you must first heal the mind

He is courageous who endures and fears the right thing, for the right motive, in the right way and at the right times.

It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession begets tyranny.

Men pay most attention to what is their own: they care less for what is common; or, at any rate, they care for it only to the extent to which each is individually concerned.

So it is naturally with the male and the female; the one is superior, the other inferior; the one governs, the other is governed; and the same rule must necessarily hold good with respect to all mankind.