Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on.

One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them.

Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge.

To use words and phrases in an easygoing manner without scrutinizing them too curiously is not in general a mark of ill-breeding. On the contrary, there is something low-bred in being too precise. But sometimes there is no help for it

The real artist, who knew what he was imitating, would be interested in realities and not in imitations; and would desire to leave as memorials of himself works many and fair; and, instead of being the author of encomiums, he would prefer to be the theme of them.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.