It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.

Men are marked from the moment of birth to rule or be ruled.

To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.

People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.

The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a summer make.