The man who is content to live alone is either a beast or a god.

Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man shows more and the unrestrained man less steadfastness than most men are capable of.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

They should rule who are able to rule best.

We may assume the superiority ceteris paribus of the demonstration which derives from fewer postulates or hypotheses - in short, from fewer premises.

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.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine ACTIONS than in the non-performance of base ones.