Putting the shoe on the wrong foot.

Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . . For this is the way of happiness.

In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.

I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the foundation, and from these truths to choose the most beautiful things and arrange them in the most elegant way; and I was quite proud to think how well I should speak, because I believed that I knew the truth.

I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.

The beginning is half of the whole.

The god is the beautiful.