Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.
AristotleYou will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
AristotleFor through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.
AristotleHuman good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in accordance with the best and most complete.Foroneswallowdoesnot makea summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.
AristotleWretched, ephemeral race, children of chance and tribulation, why do you force me to tell you the very thing which it would be most profitable for you not to hear? The very best thing is utterly beyond your reach: not to have been born, not to be, to be nothing. However, the second best thing for you is: to die soon.
Aristotle