Aristotle

The good of the individual is certainly of higher value than the good of the state.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Oligarchy is when the rich and well-born are rulers.

Tyranny is a kind of monarchy which has in view the interest of the monarch only; oligarchy looks to the interest of the wealthy; democracy, to the interest of the needy: none of them to the common good of all.

The proper object of the state is the good life.

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.

The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.

For the female is more compassionate than the male, and more easily moved to tears, and more jealous, and more querulous, and more apt to scold and to strike.

The female is also more shameless and false and more given to lying, and more deceptive and more reticent and more difficult to rouse to action.

The female is also more cunning and more mischievous, and more given to cheating.

The female is also more given to idleness and more lazy, and more prone to sleep.

The female is also more given to eating and drinking, and more gluttonous, and more inclined to drunkenness.

The female is also more given to pleasure and more voluptuous, and more inclined to luxury.

The female is also more given to gossip and more talkative, and more apt to lie.

The female is also more given to jealousy and more envious, and more apt to bear malice.

The female is also more given to fear and more timid, and more apt to be cowardly.

The female is also more given to pity and more compassionate, and more apt to be sympathetic.

The female is also more given to modesty and more reserved, and more apt to be bashful.

The female is also more given to affection and more loving, and more apt to be fond.

The female is also more given to memory and more retentive, and more apt to remember.