For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good and the well is thought to reside in the function, so would it seem to be for man, if he has a function.

They who are to be judges must also be performers.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions

Evidence from torture may be considered completely untrustworthy

There are no experienced young people. Time makes experience.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.