As a human being Plato mingles regal, exclusive, and self-contained features with melancholy compassion.

All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.

For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.

We are in the greatest danger of being run over when we have just gotten out of the way of a carriage.

The melancholia of everything completed!

The Greeks, with their truly healthy culture, have once and for all justified philosophy simply by having engaged in it, and having engaged in it more fully than any other people.