Happiness, therefore, being found to be something final; and self-sufficient, is the end at which all actions aim.

Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

To get angry is easy, to get angry with the right person, the right moment and for the right reason is difficult.

Memory is the scribe of the soul.

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.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.