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

Not every action or emotion however admits of the observance of a due mean.

To perceive is to suffer.

Well begun is half done.

Even in adversity, nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.

Beside these there is no other way; for the act is necessarily either done or not done, and those who act either have knowledge or do not.

Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.