Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.
When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.
Health is a matter of choice, not a mystery of chance
Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved.
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed.