It Seems That Ambition Makes Most People

A Right Election Can Only Be Made By Those Who Have Knowledge.

Excellence Is Not An Art. It Is The Habit Of Practice.

Tragedy Is An Imitation Not Only Of A Complete Action, But Of Events Inspiring Fear And Pity. Such An Effect Is Best Produced When The Events Come On Us By Surprise; And The Effect Is Heightened When, At The Same Time, They Follow As Cause And Effect. The Tragic Wonder Will Then Be Great Than If They Happened Of Themselves Or By Accident; For Even Coincidences Are Most Striking When They Have An Air Of Design.

Meanness Is Incurable; It Cannot Be Cured By Old Age, Or By Anything Else.

Why Is It That All Men Who Are Outstanding In Philosophy, Poetry Or The Arts Are Melancholic?