Page 533. C. It is not lawful to speak of the sacred mysteries to the uninitiated.
About the sea.
Page 551. D. It is proper to marvel at the sea, by means of which countries requite one another for the good things which they receive from each other, and by which they receive what they are in need of, and export what they have a superfluity of.
About equality.
Page 556. D. To give equal things to unequal people is an action of the greatest injustice.
About physicians and medical science.
A good physician would not be inclined to apply every kind of salutary medicine at once and on the same day to a patient, as he would know that by such a course he would be doing him more harm than good, but he would measure out the proper opportunities, and then give saving medicines in a seasonable manner; and he would apply different remedies at different times, and so he would bring about the patient’s restoration to health by gentle degrees.
About opportunity.
Page 563. C. Say what is right, and at the time when it is right, and you will not hear what is not right.
Page 563. C. It is well to economise time.
About mysteries.
Page 576. D. Chatterers divulging what ought to be kept buried in silence, do in a manner from a disease of the tongue pour forth into people’s ears things which are not worthy of being heard.
About people who are in a state of pupillage.
Page 613. D. To inquire and put questions is the most useful of habits with a view to acquiring instruction.
Page 613. D. He who hungers and thirsts after knowledge, and who is eager to learn what he does not know, abandoning all other objects of care, is eager to become a disciple, and day and night watches at the doors of the houses of wise men.
Page 613. D. For any one to know that he is ignorant is a piece of wisdom, just as to know that one has done wrong is a piece of righteousness.
About reproach.
Page 630. C. Never reproach any one with misfortune, for nature is impartial, and the future is uncertain; lest if you yourself should fall into similar misfortunes, you should be found to be convicted and condemned by your own conscience.
About a proper constitution.
Page 657. C. It is advantageous to submit to one’s betters.
About a blameable constitution.
From the fifth book of the Essays on Genesis.
Page 658. E. A shameless look, and a high head, and a continual rolling of the eyes, and a pompous strut in walking, and a habit of blushing at nothing, however discreditable, are signs of a most infamous soul, which stamps the obscure topics of the reproaches which belong to itself upon the visible body.
About familiarity and habituation.
Page 681. D. A change of all kinds of circumstances at once to the opposite direction is very harsh, especially when the existing powers are established by the length of time that they have lasted.
About correction.
Page 683. D. It is useful to be warned by the misfortunes of others.
Page 683. D. Punishment very often warns and corrects those who do wrong; but if it fails to do so to them, at all events it corrects the bystanders, for the punishments of others improve most people, from fear lest they should suffer similar evils.
About associating with wicked men.
Page 692. A. Associations with wicked men are mischievous, and very often the soul against its will receives the impression of the insane wickedness of one’s associates.
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