Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
Comedy has had no history, because it was not at first treated seriously.
Choice not chance determines your destiny [my family motto...credited to Aristotle]
All art is concerned with coming into being.
The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.