Aristotle

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

"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."

"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."

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."

"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 educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead."

"The gods too are fond of a joke."

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

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

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

"The secret to humor is surprise."

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

"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 gods too are fond of a joke."

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

"The secret to humor is surprise."

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

"youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope."

"Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves."