A child understands fear and the hurt and hate it brings. |
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs... |
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society. |
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope. |
A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers. |
A thing either is what it appears to be; or it is not, but yet appears to be; or it is, but does not appear to be; or it is not, and does not appear to be. |
All philosophy lies in two words: Sustain and Abstain |
All religions must be tolerated... for... every man must get to heaven in his own way. |
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task. |
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. |
Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one. |
Communication is depositing a part of yourself in another person. |
Confident because of our caution |
Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen. |
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are. |