Two characteristic marks have above all others been recognized as distinguishing that which has soul in it from that which has not - movement and sensation.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

It is also in the interests of a tyrant to make his subjects poo...the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting.

They should rule who are able to rule best.

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled ; and by doing brave acts, we become brave.

Happiness involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials.

The same ideas, one must believe, recur in men's minds not once or twice but again and again.