Everything necessarily is or is not, and will be or will not be; but one cannot divide and say that one or the other is necessary.I mean, for example: it is necessary for there to be or not to be a sea-battle tomorrow; but it is not necessary for a sea-battle to take place tomorrow, or for one not to take place--though it is necessary for one to take place or not to take place.

Our virtues are voluntary (and in fact we are in a sense ourselves partly the cause of our moral dispositions, and it is our having a certain character that makes us set up an end of a certain kind), it follows that our vices are voluntary also; they are voluntary in the same manner as our virtues.

But nature flies from the infinite; for the infinite is imperfect, and nature always seeks an end.

If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.

No science ever defends its first principles.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.