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.

This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.

95% of everything you do is the result of habit.

Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them.

Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies

Teaching is the highest form of understanding.

A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.