Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

A state arises,as I conceive,out of the needs of mankind;no one is self-sufficing,but all of us have many wants

And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob, does not withhold his hand from the shedding of tribal blood, but by the customary unjust accusations brings a citizen into court and assassinates him, blotting out a human life, and with unhallowed tongue and lips that have tasted kindred blood, banishes and slays and hints at the abolition of debts and the partition of lands.

You should not honor men more than truth.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

To honor with hymns and panegyrics those who are still alive is not safe; a man should run his course and make a fair ending, and then we will praise him; and let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.