The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

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.

Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute.

In general, what is written must be easy to read and easy to speak; which is the same.

To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

If happiness, then, is activity expressing virtue, it is reasonable for it to express the supreme virtue, which will be the virtueof the best thing.