Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents..

Thus then a single harmony orders the composition of the whole...by the mingling of the most contrary principles..

Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which appear to be ….

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances..

Talent is culture with insolence..

But since there is but one aim for the entire state, it follows that education must be one and the same for all, and that the responsibility for it m….

In seeking for justice men seek for the mean or neutral, for the law is the mean. Again, customary laws have more weight, and relate to more importan….

No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it..

There are, then, three states of mind ... two vices--that of excess, and that of defect; and one virtue--the mean; and all these are in a certain sen….

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are goo….

Self-sufficiency is both a good and an absolute good..

Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do..

Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the peo….

One would have thought that it was even more necessary to limit population than property; and that the limit should be fixed by calculating the chanc….

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage..

Wise people have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it..

The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own..

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence..

To the sober person adventurous conduct often seems insanity..

In a polity, each citizen is to possess his own arms, which are not supplied or owned by the state..

For what one has to learn to do, we learn by doing..