Wretched, 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.
AristotleIt is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
AristotleThe true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy.
Aristotle