There is always something new coming out of Africa.

Patience s bitter, but it's fruit is sweet.

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail.

Tragedy is an imitation not of men but of a life, an action

A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions

The attainment of truth is then the function of both the intellectual parts of the soul. Therefore their respective virtues are those dispositions which will best qualify them to attain truth.