When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life.

There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art.

We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.

Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in accordance with the best and most complete.Foroneswallowdoesnot makea summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

When quarrels and complaints arise, it is when people who are equal have not got equal shares, or vice-versa.

The rattle is a toy suited to the infant mind, and education is a rattle or toy for children of larger growth.

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.