. . . The Man Is Free,

Moral Virtue Is ... A Mean Between Two Vices, That Of Excess And That Of Defect, And ... It Is No Small Task To Hit The Mean In Each Case, As It Is Not, For Example, Any Chance Comer, But Only The Geometer, Who Can Find The Center Of A Given Circle.

The Body Is At Its Best Between The Ages Of Thirty And Thirty-five.

But Nature Flies From The Infinite; For The Infinite Is Imperfect, And Nature Always Seeks An End.

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

If You String Together A Set Of Speeches Expressive Of Character, And Well Finished In Point And Diction And Thought, You Will Not Produce The Essential Tragic Effect Nearly So Well As With A Play Which, However Deficient In These Respects, Yet Has A Plot And Artistically Constructed Incidents.