Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others – Aristotle

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

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in 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

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons – Aristotle

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead – Aristotle