Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Human beings are curious by nature.

The soul consists of two parts, one irrational and the other capable of reason. (Whether these two parts are really distinct in the sense that the parts of the body or of any other divisible whole are distinct, or whether though distinguishable in thought as two they are inseparable in reality, like the convex and concave of a curve, is a question of no importance for the matter in hand.)

For what is the best choice for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

Now the soul of man is divided into two parts, one of which has a rational principle in itself, and the other, not having a rational principle in itself, is able to obey such a principle. And we call a man in any way good because he has the virtues of these two parts.

Beauty is a gift of God.

All food must be capable of being digested, and that what produces digestion is warmth; that is why everything that has soul in it possesses warmth.