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

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill – Aristotle

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold – Aristotle

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit – Aristotle

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil – Aristotle

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