As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.
And if we are good, we are beneficent: for all good things are beneficial. Are they not?
That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge.
Too much attention to health is a hindrance to learning, to invention, and to studies of any kind, for we are always feeling suspicious shootings and swimmings in our heads, and we are prone to blame studies from them.