All art is concerned with coming into being.

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

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

Human beings are curious by nature.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.

Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish.