Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.
Chaos is perhaps at the bottom of everything.
Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.
Love is at once more animal than friendship and more divine.
There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.
Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly superhuman.