Character Is That Which Reveals Moral Purpose,

Republics Decline Into Democracies And Democracies Degenerate Into Despotisms.

There Is Only One Condition In Which We Can Imagine Managers Not Needing Subordinates, And Masters Not Needing Slaves. This Condition Would Be That Each (inanimate) Instrument Could Do Its Own Work.

Great Is The Good Fortune Of A State In Which The Citizens Have A Moderate And Sufficient Property.

Bad Men Are Full Of Repentance.

Obstinate People Can Be Divided Into The Opinionated, The Ignorant, And The Boorish.