The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself.

But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history.

The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep.

The body is most fully developed from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the mind at about forty-nine.

The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.