A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions.
For what one has to learn to do, we learn by doing.
Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue.
Choice not chance determines your destiny [my family motto...credited to Aristotle]
Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues
Education is the best provision for old age.