What if the man could see Beauty Itself, pure, unalloyed, stripped of mortality, and all its pollution, stains, and vanities, unchanging, divine,... the man becoming in that communion, the friend of God,... ?

You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?

A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.

As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.

Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man.

Great parts produce great vices as well as virtues.

To begin with the wine jar in learning the potter's art.