"i Was Not Alone When I Was

Some Vices Miss What Is Right Because They Are Deficient, Others Because They Are Excessive, In Feelings Or In Actions, While Virtue Finds And Chooses The Mean.

And This Lies In The Nature Of Things: What People Are Potentially Is Revealed In Actuality By What They Produce.

...we Are All Inclined To ... Direct Our Inquiry Not By The Matter Itself, But By The Views Of Our Opponents; And, Even When Interrogating Oneself, One Pushes The Inquiry Only To The Point At Which One Can No Longer Offer Any Opposition. Hence A Good Inquirer Will Be One Who Is Ready In Bringing Forward The Objections Proper To The Genus, And That He Will Be When He Has Gained An Understanding Of The Differences.

Men Cling To Life Even At The Cost Of Enduring Great Misfortune.

Pleasure In The Job Puts Perfection In The Work.