The soul suffers when the body is diseased or traumatized, while the body suffers when the soul is ailing.

So the good has been well explained as that at which all things aim.

Even if we could suppose the citizen body to be virtuous, without each of them being so, yet the latter would be better, for in the virtue of each the virtue of all is involved.

Happiness, then, is co-extensive with contemplation, and the more people contemplate, the happier they are; not incidentally, but in virtue of their contemplation, because it is in itself precious. Thus happiness is a form of contemplation.

The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.

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

To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.