About Aristotle: Aristotle is in his debt."
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.
Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him.
Long-lived persons have one or two lines which extend through the whole hand; short-lived persons have two lines not extending through the whole hand.
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
Anyone can get angry, but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for everyone, nor is it easy.
Those who are not angry at the things they should be angry at are thought to be fools, and so are those who are not angry in the right way, at the right time, or with the right persons.
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
Tis the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances." — Aristotle
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. –Aristotle
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
Criticism is something you can easily avoid — by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
