If happiness, then, is activity expressing virtue, it is reasonable for it to express the supreme virtue, which will be the virtueof the best thing.
The virtue of the good man is necessarily the same as the virtue of the citizen of the perfect state.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
Nature operates in the shortest way possible.
Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.