It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.

He who has followed the path of love's initiation in the proper order will on arriving at the end suddenly perceive a marvelous beauty, the source of all our efforts

Experience proves that anyone who has studied geometry is infinitely quicker to grasp difficult subjects than one who has not.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement.

I do not live to play, but I play in order that I may live, and return with greater zest to the labors of life.

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all.