"For the female is more compassionate than the male, and more easily moved to tears, and more jealous, and more querulous, and more apt to scold and to strike."

"From the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule."

"The female is also more given to idleness and more lazy, and more prone to sleep."

"The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both the other classes."

"To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man."