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Happiness Does Not Consist In Pastimes And Amusements But In Virtuous Activities.

The Best Way To Avoid Envy Is To Deserve The Success You Get.

Excellence Or Virtue Is A Settled Disposition Of The Mind That Determines Our Choice Of Actions And Emotions And Consists Essentially In Observing The Mean Relative To Us ... A Mean Between Two Vices, That Which Depends On Excess And That Which Depends On Defect.

Character Is Made By Many Acts; It May Be Lost By A Single One.

It Is Not Easy For A Person To Do Any Great Harm When His Tenure Of Office Is Short, Whereas Long Possession Begets Tyranny.