Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular – Aristotle

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous – Aristotle

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it – Aristotle

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do – Aristotle

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts – Aristotle

Hope is a waking dream – Aristotle