The energy of the mind is the essence of life – 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

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

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

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms – Aristotle

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness – Aristotle