Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

For both excessive and insufficient exercise destroy one's strength, and both eating and drinking too much or too little destroy health, whereas the right quantity produces, increases and preserves it. So it is the same with temperance, courage and the other virtues. This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.

A change in the shape of the body creates a change in the state of the soul.