The law is reason, free from passion – Aristotle

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it – Aristotle

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

He who hath many friends hath none – Aristotle

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end – Aristotle

The secret to humor is surprise – Aristotle