Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms – Aristotle

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well – Aristotle

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies – Aristotle

Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy – Aristotle

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind – Aristotle

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit – Aristotle