Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers – Aristotle

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold – Aristotle

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

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons – Aristotle

Wit is educated insolence – Aristotle

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal – Aristotle