He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god – 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

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more – Aristotle

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends – Aristotle

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire – Aristotle

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it – Aristotle