I affirm that gain is precisely that which comes oftener to the bad man than to the good; for illegitimate gains never come to the good at all, because they reject them. And lawful gains rarely come to the good, because, since much anxious care is needful thereto, and the anxious care of the good man is directed to weightier matters, rarely does the good man give sufficient attention thereto. Wherefore it is clear that in every way the advent of these riches is iniquitous.

The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and likewise pain.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

How come I never meet any nice girls?

From there we came outside and saw the stars

Seldom indeed does human virtue rise From trunk to branch.

As the geometer intently seeks to square the circle, but he cannot reach, through thought on thought, the principle he needs, so I searched that strange sight.