Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors.

Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.

Maximize the power of the beliefs that strengthen you and neutralize those that weaken you.

Haughtiness lives under the same roof with solitude.

The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has in fact been followed throughout, the principle of one man one job, of minding one s own business , in the sense of doing the job for which one is naturally fitted and not interfering with other people.

And a democracy, I suppose, comes into being when the poor, winning the victory, put to death some of the other party, drive out others, and grant the rest of the citizens an equal share in both citizenship and offices.