Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good.

That in the soul which is called mind (by mind I mean that whereby the soul thinks and judges) is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing. For this reason it cannot reasonably be regarded as blended with the body

Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them.

The final cause, then, produces motion through being loved.

Art takes nature as its model.

The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.