Fortune Favours The Audacious.

As An Example Of Just How Useless These Philosophers Are For Any Practice In Life There Is Socrates Himself, The One And Only Wise Man, According To The Delphic Oracle. Whenever He Tried To Do Anything In Public He Had To Break Off Amid General Laughter. While He Was Philosophizing About Clouds And Ideas, Measuring A Flea's Foot And Marveling At A Midge's Humming, He Learned Nothing About The Affairs Of Ordinary Life.

It Is The Chiefest Point Of Happiness That A Man Is Willing To Be What He Is.

The Opinion Formulated By The Church Has More Value In My Eyes Than Human Reasons, Whatever They May Be.

It Seems To Me To Be The Best Proof Of An Evangelical Disposition, That Persons Are Not Angry When Reproached, And Have A Christian Charity For Those That Ill Deserve It.

This Type Of Man Who Is Devoted To The Study Of Wisdom Is Always Most Unlucky In Everything, And Particularly When It Comes To Procreating Children; I Imagine This Is Because Nature Wants To Ensure That The Evils Of Wisdom Shall Not Spread Further Throughout Mankind.