Where the laws are not supreme, there demagogues spring up.

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.

Happiness involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials.

The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.