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

Some vices miss what is right because they are deficient, others because they are excessive, in feelings or in actions, while virtue finds and chooses the mean.

And inasmuch as the great-souled man deserves most, he must be the best of men; for the better a man is the more he deserves, and he that is best deserves most. Therefore the truly great-souled man must be a good man. Indeed greatness in each of the virtues would seem to go with greatness of soul.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative