Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.

Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.

A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues can accomplish.

Among all the liberal arts, the first is logic, and specifically that part of logic which gives initial instruction about words. ... [T]he word "logic" has a broad meaning, and is not restricted exclusively to the science of argumentative reasoning. [It includes] Grammar [which] is "the science of speaking and writing correctly-the starting point of all liberal studies."

He who will not when he may, may not when he will.

Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint.

Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.