Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit – Aristotle

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side – Aristotle

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference – Aristotle

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular – Aristotle

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

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms – Aristotle