We make war that we may live in peace.

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 virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.