Wicked men obey for fear, but the good for love.

The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.

Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

What we expect, that we find.

Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one 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.

Phronimos, possessing practical wisdom . But the only virtue special to a ruler is practical wisdom; all the others must be possessed, so it seems, both by rulers and ruled. The virtue of a person being ruled is not practical wisdom but correct opinion; he is rather like a person who makes the pipes, while the ruler is the one who can play them.