Law is mind without reason.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.

The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then only intermittently. For the rest there is a second-best way of life, that of moral virtue and practical wisdom.

The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.

It is clear that there is some difference between ends: some ends are energeia [energy], while others are products which are additional to the energeia.

Happiness comes from theperfect practice of virtue.