“For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.”
Nature“Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.”
Best“For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.”
Nature“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
Nature“The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.”
Knowledge“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”
Life“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.”
Life“To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.”
Death“A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.”
Power“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”
Education“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
Friendship“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
Friendship“For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.”
Time“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.”
Nature“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
Courage“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.”
God“He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.”
Nature“It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”
Art“Hope is the dream of a waking man.”
Hope“Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.”
Truth“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.”
Great“The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.”
Fear