Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own – Aristotle

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

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

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies – Aristotle

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more – Aristotle

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence – Aristotle