Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues

Rightness in our choice of an end is secured by [Moral] Virtue.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

In [the soul] one part naturally rules, and the other is subject, and the virtue of the ruler we maintain to be different from that of the subject; the one being the virtue of the rational, and the other of the irrational part. Now, it is obvious that the same principle applies generally, and therefore almost all things rule and are ruled according to nature.

We must not listen to those who advise us 'being men to think human thoughts, and being mortal to think mortal thoughts' but must put on immortality as much as possible and strain every nerve to live according to that best part of us, which, being small in bulk, yet much more in its power and honour surpasses all else.

A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.