The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.