There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides that which we have adduced. Make a vessel of wax and put it in the sea, fastening its mouth in such a way as to prevent any water getting in. Then the water that percolates through the wax sides of the vessel is sweet, the earthy stuff, the admixture of which makes the water salt, being separated off as it were by a filter.

"I was not alone when I was in Goofy hell"

Happiness is the highest good

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.

Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.