"It would be wrong to put friendship..." - Quote by Aristotle

“... a science must deal with a subject and its properties.”

“. .we would have to say that hereditary succession is harmful. You may say the king, having sovereign power, will not in that case hand over to his children. But it is hard to believe that: it is a difficult achievement, which expects too much virtue of human nature.”

“For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good and the well is thought to reside in the function, so would it seem to be for man, if he has a function.”

“Virtue runs before the muse,and defies her skill;she is rapt and doth refuseto wait a painter's will.”

“There is no illusion great than fear.”

“Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."”

“Frodo: Go back, Sam! I’m going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are, and I’m coming with you!”

“To become reconciled to a friend with whom you have broken, is a form of weakness; and you pay the penalty of it when he takes the first opportunity of doing precisely the very thing which brought about the breach.”

“Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.”