"Moral excellence comes about as a result..." - Quote by Aristotle

“Any change of government which has to be introduced should be one which men, starting from their existing constitutions, will be both willing and able to adopt, since there is quite as much trouble in the reformation of an old constitution as in the establishment of a new one, just as to unlearn is as hard as to learn.”

“The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.”

“Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.”

“Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.”

“A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.”

“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.”

“Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.”

“Use almost can change the stamp of nature.”

“Effort ceases. Time flaps on the mast. There we stop; there we stand. Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame”