We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

Tragedy is an imitation not of men but of a life, an action

Each human being is bred with a unique set of potentials that yearn to be fulfilled as surely as the acorn yearns to become the oak within it.

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled ; and by doing brave acts, we become brave.

We must become just be doing just acts.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

Happiness is the reward of virtue.