The state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a greater degree than any other, and at the highest good.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook
Happiness is self-connectedness.
A friend of everyone is a friend of no one
It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not the same, but the good citizen ought to be capable of both; he should know how to govern like a freeman, and how to obey like a freeman - these are the virtues of a citizen.