I enquire now as to the genesis of a philologist and assert the following: 1. A young man cannot possibly know what Greeks and Romans are. 2. He does not know whether he is suited for finding out about them.

Good deeds shun the light as anxiously as evil deeds: the latter fear that disclosure will bring on pain (as punishment), while the former fear that disclosure will take away pleasure (that pure pleasure, that pleasure per se, which immediately ceases once the vanity's satisfaction is added).

Strong currents drag many stones and bushes along with them, strong intellects many dense and muddled minds.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

Narrow souls I cannot abide; There's almost no good or evil inside

The charm of the Platonic mode of thought ... consisted precisely in the resistance to the obvious evidence of the senses.

You want to be paid as well, you virtuous! You want reward for virtue, and heaven for earth, and eternity for your today?