The Mass Of Mankind Are Evidently Slavish

Although It May Be Difficult In Theory To Know What Is Just And Equal, The Practical Difficulty Of Inducing Those To Forbear Who Can, If They Like, Encroach, Is Far Greater, For The Weaker Are Always Asking For Equality And Justice, But The Stronger Care For None Of These Things.

This Much Then, Is Clear: In All Our Conduct It Is The Mean That Is To Be Commended.

The Life Of Theoretical Philosophy Is The Best And Happiest A Man Can Lead. Few Men Are Capable Of It And Then Only Intermittently. For The Rest There Is A Second-best Way Of Life, That Of Moral Virtue And Practical Wisdom.

One Has No Friend Who Has Many Friends.

...happiness Is An Activity And A Complete Utilization Of Virtue, Not Conditionally But Absolutely.