In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

The spirit is the true self.

All the arts of refinement have mutual kinship.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities. 


What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!

. . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky . . . has freed you from the fetters of your body, you cannot gain admission here. Men were created with the understanding that they were to look after that sphere called Earth, which you see in the middle of the temple. Minds have been given to them out of the eternal fires you call fixed stars and planets, those spherical solids which, quickened with divine minds, journey through their circuits and orbits with amazing speed.

Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.