For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.

Every man should be responsible to others, nor should anyone be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man. But the principle of responsibility secures that which is the greatest good in states; the right persons rule and are prevented from doing wrong, and the people have their due. It is evident that this is the best kind of democracy, and why? because the people are drawn from a certain class.

Between friends there is no need for justice, but people who are just still need the quality of friendship; and indeed friendliness is considered to be justice in the fullest sense.

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.

Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.

A right election can only be made by those who have knowledge.