The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.

A human being is a naturally political [animal].

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.

Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

No state will be well administered unless the middle class holds sway.

He overcomes a stout enemy who overcomes his own anger.

A man who examines each subject from a philosophical standpoint cannot neglect them: he has to omit nothing, and state the truth about each topic.