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.

Wit is educated insolence.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

A city is composed of different kinds of men; similar people cannot bring a city into existence.

In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.

The ridiculous is produced by any defect that is unattended by pain, or fatal consequences; thus, an ugly and deformed countenance does not fail to cause laughter, if it is not occasioned by pain.

The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well.