Aristotle

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.