Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

The structural unity of the parts is such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be disjointed and dis­turbed. For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference is not an organic part of the whole.

Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.

It is clear that there is some difference between ends: some ends are energeia [energy], while others are products which are additional to the energeia.

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.