"Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means and so make for themselves different modes of life."
- Aristotle
"What lies in our power to do it lies in our power not to do."
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies the hardest victory is the victory over self."
"Happiness depends upon ourselves."
"Shame is an ornament to the young a disgrace to the old."
"A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one."
"Melancholy men are of all others the most witty."
"To amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously."
"And further, observing that all this indeterminate substance is in motion, and that no true predication can be made of that which changes, they supposed that it is impossible to make any true statemen..."