"Evil is more opposed to the good than to the no-good."

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

"Is there any self-existent fire? and do all those things which we call self-existent exist? or are only those things which we see, or in some way perceive through the bodily organs, truly existent, and nothing whatever besides them? And is all that which we call an intelligible essence nothing at all, and only a name?"

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

"This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related."

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."

"Necessity is the mother of invention."

"He whom love touches not walks in darkness."

"I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools."

"Wealth is well known to be a great comforter."