Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit – Aristotle

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy – Aristotle

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms – Aristotle

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival – Aristotle

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost – Aristotle

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life – Aristotle