Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of visible or tngible objects into the argument.

Your dog is your only philosopher.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Love is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation.

...that not life, but a good life, is to be chiefly valued.