It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
The free mind, unafraid of labor, presses on to attain the good.
Each person should display her own particular gifts for study. For no one is safe who strives beyond her abilities; and thus it is safer to trust in reason than in men’s opinions.
For knowledge is not given as gift. . . but through study. . . The free mind, not afraid of labor, presses on to attain the good.
What you burnt, broke, and tore is still in my hands. I am the keeper of fragile things and I have kept of you what is indissoluble.
Falsehood always punishes itself.
The introduction of numbers as coordinates is an act of violence.
If everything was in your favor, if you did not have to surmount any great mountains, then you have nothing to be proud of. But if you feel that you have special difficulties, then you must indeed be proud of your achievement.