A friend is a second self.

When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war

In all things which have a plurality of parts, and which are not a total aggregate but a whole of some sort distinct from the parts, there is some cause.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues