Happiness comes from theperfect practice of virtue.

It seems that ambition makes most people wish to be loved rather than to love others.

Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them.

For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not

It [Justice] is complete virtue in the fullest sense, because it is the active exercise of complete virtue; and it is complete because its possessor can exercise it in relation to another person, and not only by himself.

The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction.

It may be argued that peoples for whom philosophers legislate are always prosperous.