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• It was a saying of his that education was an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• He was once asked what a friend is, and his answer was, "One soul abiding in two bodies.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• One of his sayings was, "Even the gods cannot strive against necessity.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pittacus, iv...
• He used to define justice as "a virtue of the soul distributing that which each person deserved.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• He used to say that personal beauty was a better introduction than any lette
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it.
  Said he, "That when they speak truth they are not believed....
• On one occasion Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated
  As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead....
• Asked what he gained from philosophy, he answered, "To do without being commanded what others do from fear of the laws.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...