We assume therefore that moral virtue is the quality of acting in the best way in relation to pleasures and pains, and that vice is the opposite.

He who confers a benefit on anyone loves him better than he is beloved.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

Human beings are curious by nature.

Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.

Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

We become just by the practice of just actions.