The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well.

The same thing may have all the kinds of causes, e.g. the moving cause of a house is the art or the builder, the final cause is the function it fulfils, the matter is earth and stones, and the form is the definitory formula.

If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.

A poet's object is not to tell what actually happened but what could or would happen either probably or inevitably.... For this reason poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts.

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes.

Not to know of what things one should demand demonstration, and of what one should not, argues want of education.

Greed has no boundaries