"Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human."

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

"A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange. These are conditions without which a state cannot exist; but all of t…"

"The human race is a single species, but it is divided into many races."

"To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man."