“ Humour is the only test of gravity and gravity of humour for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. Aristotle
“ It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor... the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting. Aristotle
“ Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art. Aristotle
“ Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. Aristotle
“ You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. Aristotle
“ Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. Aristotle
“ Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. Aristotle
“ The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit. Aristotle
