The investigation of the truth is in one way hard, in another easy. An indication of this is found in the fact that no one is able to attain the truth adequately, while, on the other hand, no one fails entirely, but everyone says something true about the nature of all things, and while individually they contribute little or nothing to the truth, by the union of all a considerable amount is amassed.

Truth is a remarkable thing. We cannot miss knowing some of it. But we cannot know it entirely.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

Because the rich are generally few in number, while the poor are many, they appear to be antagonistic, and as the one or the other prevails they form the government. Hence arises the common opinion that there are two kinds of government - democracy and oligarchy.