We must not feel a childish disgust at the investigations of the meaner animals. For there is something marvelous in all natural things.

It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.

The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.