We have no evidence as yet about mind or the power to think; it seems to be a widely different kind of soul, differing as what is eternal from what is perishable; it alone is capable of existence in isolation from all other psychic powers.

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.

The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.

Earthworms are the intenstines of the soil.