"Among barbarians the female and the slave have the same status."

"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."

"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime."

"The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both the other classes."

"The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think."