"It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered."

"Nature would like to distinguish between the bodies of freemen and slaves, making the one strong for servile labor, the other upright, and although useless for such services, useful for political life…"

"Man is by nature a political animal."

"Those who are in a position which places them above toil have stewards who attend to their households while they occupy themselves with philosophy or with politics."

"The female is also more given to affection and more loving, and more apt to be fond."