Truth is always paradoxical.
If you indulge in long periods, you must be sure to have a snapper at the end.
Shall a man not have his spring as well as the plants?
Don't spend your time in drilling soldiers, who may turn out hirelings after all, but give to undrilled peasantry a country to fight for.
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven.