So that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom.

People never know each other until they have eaten a certain amount of salt together.

A change in the shape of the body creates a change in the state of the soul.

Even if you must have regard to wealth, in order to secure leisure, yet it is surely a bad thing that the greatest offices, such as those of kings and generals, should be bought. The law which allows this abuse makes wealth of more account than virtue, and the whole state becomes avaricious.

For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good and the well is thought to reside in the function, so would it seem to be for man, if he has a function.

It is clear that there is some difference between ends: some ends are energeia [energy], while others are products which are additional to the energeia.

It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.