Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.

We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the first move-and he, in turn, waits for you.

The good lawgiver should inquire how states and races of men and communities may participate in a good life, and in the happiness which is attainable by them.

There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.

When quarrels and complaints arise, it is when people who are equal have not got equal shares, or vice-versa.

The line has magnitude in one way, the plane in two ways, and the solid in three ways, and beyond these there is no other magnitude because the three are all.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.