“Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.”

“A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.”

“Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds. ”

“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.”

“The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”

“Man is by nature a political animal.”

“PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION.”