Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.

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.

All men agree that a just distribution must be according to merit in some sense; they do not all specify the same sort of merit, but democrats identify it with freemen, supporters of oligarchy with wealth (or noble birth), and supporters of aristocracy with excellence.

While fiction is often impossible, it should not be implausible.

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.