Art takes nature as its model.
And this lies in the nature of things: What people are potentially is revealed in actuality by what they produce.
Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.
He overcomes a stout enemy who overcomes his own anger.
Love well, be loved and do something of value.
It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while those which aim only at the good of the rulers are wrong.