Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.

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

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.

...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....

One can with but moderate possessions do what one ought.