The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.

What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth.

Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement.

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.

Man is a two-legged animal without feathers.