All Art, All Education, Can Be Merely

Prayers And Sacrifices Are Of No Avail.

A Democracy When Put To The Strain Grows Weak, And Is Supplanted By Oligarchy.

The Best Friend Is He That, When He Wishes A Person's Good, Wishes It For That Person's Own Sake.

And This Activity Alone Would Seem To Be Loved For Its Own Sake; For Nothing Arises From It Apart From The Contemplating, While From Practical Activities We Gain More Or Less Apart From The Action. And Happiness Is Thought To Depend On Leisure; For We Are Busy That We May Have Leisure, And Make War That We May Live In Peace.

Money Was Intended To Be Used In Exchange, But Not To Increase At Interest. And This Term Interest, Which Means The Birth Of Money From Money, Is Applied To The Breeding Of Money Because The Offspring Resembles The Parent. Wherefore Of All Modes Of Getting Wealth This Is The Most Unnatural.