This world is inescapably linked to the motions of the worlds above. All power in this world is ruled by these options.

But also philosophy is not about perceptible substances they, you see, are prone to destruction.

Evils draw men together.

Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.

For legislators make the citizens good by forming habits in them, and this is the wish of every legislator, and those who do not effect it miss their mark, and it is in this that a good constitution differs from a bad one.

Personal beauty requires that one should be tall; little people may have charm and elegance, but beauty-no.

I seek to bring forth what you almost already know.