“Distance does not break off the friendship absolutely, but only the activity of it.”

“Happiness is a state of activity.”

“For the activity of the mind is life”

“Therefore the activity of God, which surpasses all others in blessedness, must be contemplative; and of human activities, therefore, that which is most akin to this must be most of the nature of happiness”

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

“Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.”

“One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.”