The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.

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.

If then nature makes nothing without some end in view, nothing to no purpose, it must be that nature has made all of them for the sake of man.

Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure.

Happiness is the reward of virtue.

In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead.

When the looms spin by themselves, we'll have no need for slaves.