A man is the origin of his action.
Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.
Distance does not break off the friendship absolutely, but only the activity of it.
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck. If his proposal lost he was instantly hanged.
A man who examines each subject from a philosophical standpoint cannot neglect them: he has to omit nothing, and state the truth about each topic.