Most people would rather give than get affection.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.

What we expect, that we find.

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor.

Happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.

The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.