Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people, and making himself necessary to them as their leader.

There is honor in being a dog.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

We maintain, and have said in the Ethics, if the arguments there adduced are of any value, that happiness is the realization and perfect exercise of virtue, and this not conditional, but absolute. And I used the term 'conditional' to express that which is indispensable, and 'absolute' to express that which is good in itself.

Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property.

A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.

Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man.