The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.

To live long it is necessary to live slowly.

Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.

The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.

To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship.

Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word.