The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.
Philosophy begins with wonder.
The law is reason unaffected by desire.
All communication must lead to change
The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.
All men agree that a just distribution must be according to merit in some sense; they do not all specify the same sort of merit, but democrats identify it with freemen, supporters of oligarchy with wealth (or noble birth), and supporters of aristocracy with excellence.