So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions.

A speaker who is attempting to move people to thought or action must concern himself with Pathos.

Prayers and sacrifices are of no avail.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

All teaching and all intellectual learning come about from already existing knowledge.

Where the laws are not supreme, there demagogues spring up.

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.