The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a moment into existence, and then perishes.
Romantic Art: The Hearts Awakening - Bouguereau At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
Happiness springs from doing good and helping others.
Books are immortal sons deifying their sires.
Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.