"There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good."

"Honesty is for the most part, less profitable than dishonesty."

"The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks lamely through life and returns good for nothing to the world below."

"The man deserved his fate, deny it who can; yes, but the fate did not deserve the man."

"Is not the love of learning identical with a philosophical disposition?"

"There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good."

"The worst type of man behaves as badly in his waking life as some men do in their dreams."

"The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity."

"First and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things the most shameful and objectionable."

"Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know."