Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally, usually by lot.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.