How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms

Suppose, then, that all men were sick or deranged, save one or two of them who were healthy and of right mind. It would then be the latter two who would be thought to be sick and deranged and the former not!

Nothing is what rocks dream about

The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.

We have divided the Virtues of the Soul into two groups, the Virtues of the Character and the Virtues of the Intellect.

Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws.

If happiness, then, is activity expressing virtue, it is reasonable for it to express the supreme virtue, which will be the virtueof the best thing.