Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.

To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.

Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble: for instance those who have made money love money more than those who have inherited it.

The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.

All men, or most men, wish what is noble but choose what is profitable; and while it is noble to render a service not with an eye to receiving one in return, it is profitable to receive one. One ought therefore, if one can, to return the equivalent of services received, and to do so willingly; for one ought not to make a man one's friend if one is unwilling to return his favors.