Misfortune shows those who are not really friends – Aristotle

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost – Aristotle

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech – 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

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit – Aristotle

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