Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.

Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.

The activity of God, which is transcendent in blessedness, is the activity of contemplation; and therefore among human activities that which is most akin to the divine activity of contemplation will be the greatest source of happiness.

The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23

Men agree that justice in the abstract is proportion, but they differ in that some think that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely, others that if they are unequal in any respect they should be unequal in all. The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.