Those who are not angry at the things they should be angry at are thought to be fools, and so are those who are not angry in the right way, at the right time, or with the right persons.

So that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom.

The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the common interest; but governments which rule with a view to the private interest, whether of the one or of the few, or of the many, are perversions. For the members of a state, if they are truly citizens, ought to participate in its advantages.

Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty.

Our characters are the result of our conduct.

...happiness is an activity and a complete utilization of virtue, not conditionally but absolutely.

Men in general desire the good and not merely what their fathers had.