Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

There can be no joy in living without joy in work.

When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.

It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.

Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components.

Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.

Give, expecting nothing there of.