Aristotle

"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."

"The female is, as it were, a mutilated male, and the catamenia are semen, only not pure; for there is only one thing they have not in them, the principle of soul."

"I have gained this by philosophy … I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law."

"Wit is educated insolence."

"To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man."

"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."

"The gods too are fond of a joke."

"The secret to humor is surprise."

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

"Happiness is a state of activity."

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

"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."

"Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age."

"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny."

"Hope is a waking dream."

"To perceive is to suffer."

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

"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

"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."

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake."