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.

Your happiness depends on you alone.

When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a constitution.

All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves...

[Meanness] is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Our youth should also be educated with music and physical education.