Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government – Aristotle

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes – Aristotle

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

A true friend is one soul in two bodies – Aristotle

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self – 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