The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best.
The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.
As the government is, such will be the man.
People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.
Friends should have all things in common.
Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.