Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . . it is such a mean because it aims at hitting the middle point in feelings and in actions. This is why it is a hard task to be good, for it is hard to find the middle point in anything.

Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.

Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.

Indeed, we may go further and assert that anyone who does not delight in fine actions is not even a good man.

For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.

The soul has two parts, one rational and the other irrational. Let us now similarly divide the rational part, and let it be assumed that there are two rational faculties, one whereby we contemplate those things whose first principles are invariable, and one whereby we contemplate those things which admit of variation.

In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.