Aristotle

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. ”

The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition. ”

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. ”

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. ”

In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies. ”

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. ”

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. ”

Hope is a waking dream. ”

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. ”

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition. ”