Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.

The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low.

It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.

In inventing a model we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities.

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

Maybe crying is a means of cleaning yourself out emotionally. Or maybe it's your last resort; the only way to express yourself when words fail, the same as when you were a baby and had no words.

It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this knowledge that we are seeking, we must consider the following point: of what kind of principles and of what kind of causes is wisdom the knowledge?