Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.