The Bad Man Is Continually At War

Every Virtue Is A Mean Between Two Extremes, Each Of Which Is A Vice.

Character Is That Which Reveals Moral Purpose, Exposing The Class Of Things A Man Chooses And Avoids.

Comedy Aims At Representing Men As Worse, Tragedy As Better Than In Actual Life.

It Is Possible To Fail In Many Ways...while To Succeed Is Possible Only In One Way.

Salt Water When It Turns Into Vapour Becomes Sweet, And The Vapour Does Not Form Salt Water When It Condenses Again. This I Know By Experiment. The Same Thing Is True In Every Case Of The Kind: Wine And All Fluids That Evaporate And Condense Back Into A Liquid State Become Water. They All Are Water Modified By A Certain Admixture, The Nature Of Which Determines Their Flavour.