Now the greatest external good we should assume to be the thing which we offer as a tribute to the gods, and which is most coveted by men of high station, and is the prize awarded for the noblest deeds; and such a thing is honor, for honor is clearly the greatest of external goods.

The intention makes the crime.

To be ignorant of motion is to be ignorant of nature

The best things are placed between extremes.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.