It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.
Laws are silent in time of war.
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself feared?
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of gods, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the world so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods.
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.