Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular – Aristotle

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference – Aristotle

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms – Aristotle

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies – Aristotle

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit – Aristotle

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