More quotes by Aristotle

"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."
"Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular."
"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."
"A friend to all is a friend to none."
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."