Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good.
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side.
The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.
Wine fills the heart with courage.
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.