An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Man is a being in search of meaning.

The smallest evil if neglected$$$ will reach the greatest proportions.

We do not learn$$$ and that what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

For nobody is curious$$$ who isn't malevolent.

There are occasions when it is certainly better to lose than to gain.

He means well is useless unless he does well.

My mother... she is beautiful$$$ softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.