Aristotle’s 10 Rules for a Good Life

By Arthur C. Brooks

1. Name your fears and face them.

2. Know your appetites and control them.

3. Be neither a cheapskate nor a spendthrift.

4. Give as generously as you can.

5. Focus more on the transcendent; disregard the trivial.

6. True strength is a controlled temper.

7. Never lie, especially to yourself.

8. Stop struggling for your fair share.

9. Forgive others, and forbear their weaknesses.

10. Define your morality; live up to it, even in private.

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