... a science must deal with a subject and its properties.

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.

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.

Wicked men obey for fear, but the good for love.

Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.

Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed.

The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole.