For good is simple, evil manifold.

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

The soul suffers when the body is diseased or traumatized, while the body suffers when the soul is ailing.

For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not

That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a questionable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small a portion of time that the impression of it will be confused. Nor can any very large one, for a whole view of it cannot be had at once, and so there will be no unity and completeness.

Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.