“Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.”

“We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.”

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”

“...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement....”

“Without virtue, man is most unholy and savage, and worst in regard to sex and eating.”

“The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.”

“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.”