We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

The best tragedies are conflicts between a hero and his destiny.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

A friend of everyone is a friend of no one

The structural unity of the parts is such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be disjointed and dis­turbed. For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference is not an organic part of the whole.

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody.

It is no part of a physician's business to use either persuasion or compulsion upon the patients.