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

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

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance – Aristotle

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

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world – Aristotle

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought – Aristotle