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. ”

All men by nature desire knowledge. ”

The secret to humor is surprise. ”

Wit is educated insolence. ”

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. ”

Well begun is half done. ”

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. ”

We make war that we may live in peace. ”

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. ”

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. ”