Aristotle

Education is the best provision for old age.

A friend is a second self.

To give away money is an easy matter, and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power, nor an easy matter. Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.

One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.

Many unkind people have done kind things. Doing acts of kindness is not the same as occupying kindness, of being kindness.

People cannot discover new lands until they have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Common sense needs to be more common.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

I don’t want your punk ass man, I’m too tough

There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.

You’ve got to teach youngsters the difference between right and wrong, but you shouldn’t try to poke it down their throats. Let them ask the questions and then give them the answers.

The difference between winners and losers is that winners do things losers don’t want to do.

Well, I’m not sure what pop psychology is, but I don’t like it.

Sometimes I think someone upstairs saved me from being ordinary.

As parents we’re not nearly as computer literate as our children are.

We are always seeking for those things which are in the clouds, not for those that lie at our feet.

I would rather be healthy alone, then sick with someone else.

Drama and crisis are currency to them because they love the power to make people react. They thrive on a good fight, a good scandal, a good drama.

A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.