The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of... - Aristotle

"To perceive is to suffer."

"To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man."

"The female is, as it were, a mutilated male, and the catamenia are semen, only not pure; for there is only one thing they have not in them, the principle of soul."

"The secret to humor is surprise."

"The gods too are fond of a joke."