Now if there is any gift of the gods to men, it is reasonable that happiness should be god-given, and most surely god-given of all human things inasmuch as it is the best. But this question would perhaps be more appropriate to another inquiry; happiness seems, however, even if it is not god-sent but comes as a result of virtue and some process of learning and training, to be among the most god-like things; for that which is the prize and end of virtue seems to be the best thing in the world, and something god-like and blessed.

It is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal.

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

So it is clear that the search for what is just is a search for the mean; for the law is the mean.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart.