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

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness – Aristotle

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness – Aristotle

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind – Aristotle

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill – Aristotle

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms – Aristotle