“ Time crumbles things everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time. Aristotle
“ In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life th… Aristotle
“ Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. Aristotle
“ The ideal man, takes joy in doing favours for others; but he feels ashamed to have others do favours for him. For it is a mark of superiority to confer a kindness; but it is a mark of inferiority to r… Aristotle
“ For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. Aristotle
“ Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. Aristotle
“ It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing… Aristotle
“ We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. Aristotle
“ To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character. Aristotle
“ Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing. Aristotle
“ Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. Aristotle
“ For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. Aristotle
“ We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time. Aristotle
“ Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. Aristotle
“ Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. Aristotle
“ The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. Aristotle
