.. for desire is like a wild beast, and anger perverts rulers and the very best of men. Hence law is intelligence without appetition.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have leisure.

If men think that a ruler is religious and has a reverence for the Gods, they are less afraid of suffering injustice at his hands.

[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.

Youth should stay away from all evil, especially things that produce wickedness and ill-will.

Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life