善
The good which a wise man seeks, the wise man is.
Peace is the highest good, because it is the state in which the mind is most fully in accord with its nature.
Insofar as a thing is in harmony with our nature, it is necessarily good.
The soul's natural state is one of harmony, beauty, and goodness.
What appears good to one may appear evil to another, and vice versa.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
Pleasure is the greatest good, and we should seek it and avoid pain.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.
The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition, the principle from which public and national as well as private opulence is originally derived.
I cannot but be astonished that Socrates, after having so often repeated to his fellow citizens that he did not pretend to any wisdom, but had been appointed by the gods to a mission of benevolence towards them, should have been condemned to death.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?