In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.

. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

Anaximenes and Anaxagoras and Democritus say that its [the earth's] flatness is responsible for it staying still: for it does not cut the air beneath but covers it like a lid, which flat bodies evidently do: for they are hard to move even for the winds, on account of their resistance.

A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.

The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.

Some vices miss what is right because they are deficient, others because they are excessive, in feelings or in actions, while virtue finds and chooses the mean.

The soul never thinks without a picture.