[meanness] Is More Ingrained In Man's Nature

There Must Be In Prudence Also Some Master Virtue.

One May Go Wrong In Many Different Ways, But Right Only In One, Which Is Why It Is Easy To Fail And Difficult To Succeed.

The Eyes Are The Organs Of Temptation, And The Ears Are The Organs Of Instruction.

Excellence Is Not An Art. It Is The Habit Of Practice.

All Three States - The Lacedaemonian, The Cretan, And The Carthaginian - Nearly Resemble One Another, And Are Very Different From Any Others. Many Of The Carthaginian Institutions Are Excellent. The Superiority Of Their Constitution Is Proved By The Fact That The Common People Remains Loyal To The Constitution; The Carthaginians Have Never Had Any Rebellion Worth Speaking Of, And Have Never Been Under The Rule Of A Tyrant.