Between knowledge of what really exists and ignorance of what does not exist lies the domain of opinion. It is more obscure than knowledge, but clearer than ignorance.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

An hour of play is worth a lifetime of conversation.

Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

Thinking is the soul talking to itself.

God is truth and light his shadow.

The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.