That the equalization of property exercises an influence on political society was clearly understood even by some of the old legislators. Laws were made by Solon and others prohibiting an individual from possessing as much land as he pleased.

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

When a draco has eaten much fruit, it seeks the juice of the bitter lettuce; it has been seen to do this.

Accordingly, the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities. The tragic plot must not be composed of irrational parts.

To be angry is easy. But to be angry with the right man at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy.

A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness.

People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which are just.