Excellence is not an art. It is the habit of practice.
As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail.
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art.
A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.