The qualities of number appear to lead to the apprehension of truth.

The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.

The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets.

Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil.

He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing.

The ultimate design of the Mysteries ... was to lead us back to the principles from which we descended, ... a perfect enjoyment of intellectual [spiritual] good.

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.