Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Bad men are full of repentance.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.