I pass over notoriety and popular fame, raised by the united voice of knaves and fools.

Even things which are absolute nothings may be called goods; such as white teeth, handsome eyes, a good complexion, and what was commended by Euryclea, when she was washing Ulysses's feet, the softness of his skin and the mildness of his discourse.

If you look on these as goods, what greater encomiums can the gravity of a philosopher be entitled to than the wild opinion of the vulgar and the thoughtless crowd?
The Stoics give the name of excellent and choice to what the others call good: they call them so, indeed; but they do not allow them to complete a happy life.

But these others think that there is no life happy without them; or, admitting it to be happy, they deny it to be the most happy.

But our opinion is, that it is the most happy; and we prove it from that conclusion of Socrates.