The angry man wishes the object of his anger to suffer in return; hatred wishes its object not to exist.

Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property.

No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at unjustice to himself.

Hippocrates is an excellent geometer but a complete fool in everyday affairs.

Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself.

Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were.

All human happiness and misery take the form of action.