Aristotle

“A friend to all is a friend to none.”

“The true and the approximately true are apprehended by the same faculty; it may also be noted that men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at the truth. Hence the man who makes a good guess at truth is likely to make a good guess at probabilities.”

“All men by nature desire knowledge.”

“Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.”

“Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.”

“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.”

“The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.”

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.”

“The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition.”

“Change in all things is sweet.”

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”

“The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.”

“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”

“Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.”

“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.”

“Hope is a waking dream.”

“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”

“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.”

“Wit is educated insolence.”

“He who hath many friends hath none.”

“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”