He who confers a benefit on anyone loves him better than he is beloved.

A right election can only be made by those who have knowledge.

Metaphor is halfway between the unintelligible and the commonplace.

Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in accordance with the best and most complete.Foroneswallowdoesnot makea summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

The purpose of the present study is not as it is in other inquiries, the attainment of knowledge, we are not conducting this inquiry in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, else there would be no advantage in studying it. For that reason, it becomes necessary to examine the problem of our actions and to ask how they are to be performed. For as we have said, the actions determine what kind of characteristics are developed.

To be always seeking after the useful does not become free and exalted souls.