Wine fills the heart with courage.

When a person supposes that he knows, and does not know; this appears to be the great source of all the errors of the intellect.

Sin is disease, deformity, and weakness.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

People regard the same things, some as just and others as unjust, - about these they dispute; and so there arise wars and fightings among them.

In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but for the two together. With these means, man can attain perfection.