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

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit – Aristotle

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

Hope is a waking dream – Aristotle

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit – Aristotle

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit – Aristotle