All Men By Nature Desire

The Worst Thing About Slavery Is That The Slaves Eventually Get To Like It.

We, On The Other Hand, Must Take For Granted That The Things That Exist By Nature Are, Either All Or Some Of Them, In Motion.

Happiness Seems To Require A Modicum Of External Prosperity.

All Virtue Is Summed Up In Dealing Justly.

Just As A Royal Rule, If Not A Mere Name, Must Exist By Virtue Of Some Great Personal Superiority In The King, So Tyranny, Which Is The Worst Of Governments, Is Necessarily The Farthest Removed From A Well-constituted Form; Oligarchy Is Little Better, For It Is A Long Way From Aristocracy, And Democracy Is The Most Tolerable Of The Three.