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

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference – Aristotle

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion – Aristotle

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech – Aristotle

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference – Aristotle