"It is best to rise from life as from a banquet neither thirsty nor drunken."
- Aristotle
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
"Quality is not an act. It is a habit."
"Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil."
"It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully."
"Man is by nature a civic animal."
"We become just by performing just actions temperate by performing temperate actions brave by performing brave actions."
"Life is full of chances and changes and the most prosperous of men may ... meet with great misfortunes."
"Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal and equals that they may be superior."
"Revolutions are not about trifles but spring from trifles."