Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good.

Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

Whence comes war and fighting, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lust of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the same and service of the body.

The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.

We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men with the best of our women as often as possible, and the inferior men with the inferior women as seldom as possible, and keep only the offspring of the best.

One cannot make a slave of a free person, for a free person is free even in a prison.

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