Full Idea
It shows weakness of character to run away from hardships, and the suicide endures death not because it is a fine thing to do but in order to escape from suffering.
Gist of Idea
A suicide embraces death to run away from hardships, rather than because it is a fine deed
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1116a14)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.130
A Reaction
It is easy to construct a situation where suicide IS a fine deed. And when I put on a warm coat I am running away from hardships rather than pursuing fine deeds. He does have a point, though.