Happiness Is Activity.

Courage Is The First Virtue That Makes All Other Virtues Possible.

Happiness Is An Expression Of The Soul In Considered Actions.

Happiness Seems To Require A Modicum Of External Prosperity.

Virtue Makes Us Aim At The Right End, And Practical Wisdom Makes Us Take The Right Means.

In A Word, Acts Of Any Kind Produce Habits Or Characters Of The Same Kind. Hence We Ought To Make Sure That Our Acts Are Of A Certain Kind; For The Resulting Character Varies As They Vary. It Makes No Small Difference, Therefore, Whether A Man Be Trained In His Youth Up In This Way Or That, But A Great Difference, Or Rather All The Difference.