All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.

Happiness depends on ourselves.

The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.

For the real difference between humans and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust, etc. It is the sharing of a common view in these matters that makes a household and a state.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine ACTIONS than in the non-performance of base ones.