Hope is a waking dream – Aristotle

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

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim – Aristotle

Quality is not an act, it is a habit – Aristotle

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

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit – Aristotle