"The female is also more given to eating and drinking, and more gluttonous, and more inclined to drunkenness."

"He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god."

"The citizen in an absolute sense is defined by no other thing so much as by sharing in decision and office."

"Every action has its pleasures and its price."

"The female is also more given to superstition and more credulous, and more apt to believe."