"Hope,' he says, 'cherishes the soul of him who lives justice and holiness, and is the nurse of his age and the companion of his journey; hope which is mightiest to sway the restless soul of man."

"Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it, but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them."

"You should not honor men more than truth."

"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance."

"I am speaking like a book, but I believe that what I am saying is true."

"An accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men."

"Love is of the beautiful, and therefore has not the beautiful. And the beautiful is the good, and therefore, in wanting and desiring the beautiful, love also wants and desires the good."

"Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence."

"There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who when danger is pressing in will not acknowledge the divine power."

"No knowledge considers or prescribes for the advantage of the stronger, but for that of the weaker, which it rules."