Nature Creates Nothing Without A Purpose.

Happiness Does Not Lie In Amusement; It Would Be Strange If One Were To Take Trouble And Suffer Hardship All One's Life In Order To Amuse Oneself.

Most Persons Think That A State In Order To Be Happy Ought To Be Large; But Even If They Are Right, They Have No Idea Of What Is A Large And What A Small State.... To The Size Of States There Is A Limit, As There Is To Other Things, Plants, Animals, Implements; For None Of These Retain Their Natural Power When They Are Too Large Or Too Small, But They Either Wholly Lose Their Nature, Or Are Spoiled.

They Should Rule Who Are Able To Rule Best.

Without Virtue It Is Difficult To Bear Gracefully The Honors Of Fortune.

The Best Political Community Is Formed By Citizens Of The Middle Class.