You can remember, a single deluge only, but there were many previous ones.
The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences.
Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.
Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself up as honored, not on his own account, but for the sake of his forefathers. Yet hereditary honors are a noble and splendid treasure to descendants.
'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'