And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?

God is a geometrician.

They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.

It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear and cowardice.

We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men with the best of our women as often as possible, and the inferior men with the inferior women as seldom as possible, and keep only the offspring of the best.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.