The same things are best both for individuals and for states, and these are the things which the legislator ought to implant in the minds of his citizens.

The Good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue, or if there be several human excellences or virtues, in conformity with the best and most perfect among them.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although mankind fail in attaining them, as indeed I have already explained. Democracy, for example, arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Speeches are like babies-easy to conceive but hard to deliver.

Our feelings towards our friends reflect our feelings towards ourselves.

The line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive.