There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul

Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.

When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.

Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.

If men with fleshly mortals must be fed, and chew with bleeding teeth the breathing bread; what else is this but to devour our guests, and barbarously renew Cyclopean feasts? While Earth not only can your needs supply, but, lavish of her store, provides for luxury; a guiltless feast administers with ease, and without blood is prodigal to please.

Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.