In justice is all virtues found in sum.

To be ignorant of motion is to be ignorant of nature

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine ACTIONS than in the non-performance of base ones.

Some things the legislator must find ready to his hand in a state, others he must provide. And therefore we can only say: May our state be constituted in such a manner as to be blessed with the goods of which fortune disposes (for we acknowledge her power): whereas virtue and goodness in the state are not a matter of chance but the result of knowledge and purpose. A city can be virtuous only when the citizens who have a share in the government are virtuous, and in our state all the citizens share in the government.

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

There is also a doubt as to what is to be the supreme power in the state: - Is it the multitude? Or the wealthy? Or the good? Or the one best man? Or a tyrant?

So that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom.