Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them.

That rule is the better which is exercised over better subjects.

Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.

Love is the cause of unity in all things.

The laws are, and ought to be, relative to the constitution, and not the constitution to the laws. A constitution is the organization of offices in a state, and determines what is to be the governing body, and what is the end of each community. But laws are not to be confounded with the principles of the constitution; they are the rules according to which the magistrates should administer the state, and proceed against offenders.