Happiness is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue

A man can make up his mind quickly when he has only a little to make up.

People generally despise where they flatter.

There is nothing strange in the circle being the origin of any and every marvel.

The physician heals, Nature makes well.

Our characters are the result of our conduct.

Some things the legislator must find ready to his hand in a state, others he must provide. And therefore we can only say: May our state be constituted in such a manner as to be blessed with the goods of which fortune disposes (for we acknowledge her power): whereas virtue and goodness in the state are not a matter of chance but the result of knowledge and purpose. A city can be virtuous only when the citizens who have a share in the government are virtuous, and in our state all the citizens share in the government.