Others there are, again, who interchange the ends and means one with the other in their aims; for instance, some want riches for the sake of pleasure and power, some covet power either for the sake of money or in order to bring renown to their name.

So it is on these ends, then, that the aim of human acts and wishes is centred, and on others like to these--for instance, noble birth and popularity, which seem to compass a certain renown; wife and children, which are sought for the sweetness of their possession; while as for friendship, the most sacred kind indeed is counted in the category of virtue, not of fortune; but other kinds are entered upon for the sake of power or of enjoyment.

And as for bodily excellences, it is obvious that they are to be ranged with the above.
For strength and stature surely manifest power; beauty and fleetness of foot bring celebrity; health brings pleasure.

It is plain, then, that the only object sought for in all these ways is _happiness_.

For that which each seeks in preference to all else, that is in his judgment the supreme good.