Philosophy Can Make People Sick.

Misfortune Shows Those Who Are Not Really Friends.

A State Is An Association Of Similar Persons Whose Aim Is The Best Life Possible. What Is Best Is Happiness, And To Be Happy Is An Active Exercise Of Virtue And A Complete Employment Of It.

The Best Political Community Is Formed By Citizens Of The Middle Class.

All Men Agree That A Just Distribution Must Be According To Merit In Some Sense; They Do Not All Specify The Same Sort Of Merit, But Democrats Identify It With Freemen, Supporters Of Oligarchy With Wealth (or Noble Birth), And Supporters Of Aristocracy With Excellence.

Self-sufficiency Is Both A Good And An Absolute Good.