All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.
The best things are placed between extremes.
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.