“ The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. ”

“ Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. ”

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

“ Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. ”

“ Nature does nothing in vain. ”

“ The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. ”

“ He who hath many friends hath none. ”

“ He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. ”

“ Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. ”

“ Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ”