“The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.”

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.”

“Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good.”

“What is the Good for man? It must be the ultimate end or object of human life: something that is in itself completely satisfying. Happiness fits this description…we always choose it for itself, and never for any other reason.”

“Man is his desire.”

“It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.”