To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true.

In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead.

Try is a noisy way of doing nothing.

Accordingly, the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities. The tragic plot must not be composed of irrational parts.

That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.

Also, that which is desirable in itself is more desirable than what is desirable per accidens.

Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.