Upon consideration of the central question of the moon's toughness there can be little doubt. It is hella tough.

And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment.

If the study of all these sciences which we have enumerated, should ever bring us to their mutual association and relationship, and teach us the nature of the ties which bind them together, I believe that the diligent treatment of them will forward the objects which we have in view, and that the labor, which otherwise would be fruitless, will be well bestowed.

Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.

There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who, when danger is pressing in, will not acknowledge the divine power.

It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.

The race of the guardians must be kept pure.