Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life.

The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.

Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues

All men seek one goal: success or happiness.

If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.

All three states - the Lacedaemonian, the Cretan, and the Carthaginian - nearly resemble one another, and are very different from any others. Many of the Carthaginian institutions are excellent. The superiority of their constitution is proved by the fact that the common people remains loyal to the constitution; the Carthaginians have never had any rebellion worth speaking of, and have never been under the rule of a tyrant.

The avarice of mankind is insatiable.