The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch.
That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.
The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a moment into existence, and then perishes.
What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play.