The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy.
When Pleasure is at the bar the jury is not impartial.
In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing.
Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.
The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.
Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were.