Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself.
...that not life, but a good life, is to be chiefly valued.
The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
The man who arrives at the doors of artistic creation with none of the madness of the Muses would be convinced that technical ability alone was enough to make an artist... what that man creates by means of reason will pale before the art of inspired beings.