Nature makes nothing incomplete, and nothing in vain.

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

It is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal.

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of the arts of peace they knew nothing, and had never engaged in any employment higher than war.