But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.
AristotleWith respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible.
AristotleAny change of government which has to be introduced should be one which men, starting from their existing constitutions, will be both willing and able to adopt, since there is quite as much trouble in the reformation of an old constitution as in the establishment of a new one, just as to unlearn is as hard as to learn.
Aristotle