Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

We are what we continually do.

A human being is a naturally political [animal].

Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property, some things he will place at the disposal of his friends, while of others he shares the use of them.

Pleasure causes us to do base actions and pain causes us to abstain from doing noble actions.