The first principle of all action is leisure.

The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a summer make.

All flatterers are mercenary, and all low-minded men are flatterers.

When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a constitution.

Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to anger, but be free from bitterness and contentiousness, having tranquility and stability in the spirit.

...happiness is an activity and a complete utilization of virtue, not conditionally but absolutely.

The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.