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

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain – Aristotle

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

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

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope – Aristotle

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