Aristotle

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”

“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”

“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.”

“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.”

“We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.”

“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.”

“Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”

“Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.”

“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.”

“The secret to humor is surprise.”

“It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.”

“Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided.”

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”

“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.”

“Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.”

“Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”

“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.”

“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.”

“Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.”

“Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.”