The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons – Aristotle

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim – Aristotle

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god – Aristotle

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it – Aristotle

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst – Aristotle

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit – Aristotle