Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.
He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.