All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have leisure.

To let them share in the highest offices is to take a risk; inevitably, their unjust standards will cause them to commit injustice, and their lack of judgement will lead them into error. On the other hand there is a risk in not giving them a share, and in their non participation, for when there are many who have no property and no honours they inevitably constitute a huge hostile element in the state. But it can still remain open to them to participate in deliberating and judging.

Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed.

There must be in prudence also some master virtue.