Related:

• Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it.
  Said he, "That when they speak truth they are not believed....
• 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...
• 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....
• The question was once put to him, how we ought to behave to our friend
  and the answer he gave was, "As we should wish our friends to behave to us....
• He used to define justice as "a virtue of the soul distributing that which each person deserved.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
• 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...
• When Zeno was asked what a friend was, he replied, "Another I.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Zeno, xix...
• 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...
• Another of his sayings was, that education was the best viaticum of old age.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...