"This much then, is clear: in all..." - Quote by Aristotle

“Wit is well-bred insolence.”

“Metaphor is halfway between the unintelligible and the commonplace.”

“Any change of government which has to be introduced should be one which men, starting from their existing constitutions, will be both willing and able to adopt, since there is quite as much trouble in the reformation of an old constitution as in the establishment of a new one, just as to unlearn is as hard as to learn.”

“Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.”

“Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by excess.”

“Violent fires soon burn out themselves, small showers last long, but sudden storms are short; he tires betimes that spurs too fast.”

“Adversity is an effective, thorough and highly personalized teacher.”

“It was modesty that invented the word "philosopher" in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneselfwise to the actors of the spirit--the modesty of such monsters of pride and sovereignty as Pythagoras, as Plato.”

“If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them from behind.”