It is of itself that the divine thought thinks (since it is the most excellent of things), and its thinking is a thinking on thinking.

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

One may go wrong in many different ways, but right only in one, which is why it is easy to fail and difficult to succeed.

A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

The greatest victory is over self.

It is likely that unlikely things should happen