I Pray You, Magnificent Sir, Do Not

You Explain Right Well, And You Shew That You Understand Argument And Are Not A Mere Sophist Since You Accept That Which Cannot Be Denied.

Perchance You Who Pronounce My Sentence Are In Greater Fear Than I Who Receive It.

When The End Comes, You Will Be Esteemed By The World And Rewarded By God, Not Because You Have Won The Love And Respect Of The Princes Of The Earth, However Powerful, But Rather For Having Loved, Defended And Cherished One Such As I. What You Receive From Others Is A Testimony To Their Virtue; But All That You Do For Others Is The Sign And Clear Indication Of Your Own.

I Have Held And Hold Souls To Be Immortal.... Speaking As A Catholic, They Do Not Pass From Body To Body, But Go To Paradise, Purgatory Or Hell. But I Have Reasoned Deeply, And, Speaking As A Philosopher, Since The Soul Is Not Found Without Body And Yet Is Not Body, It May Be In One Body Or In Another, And Pass From Body To Body.

The Gems Of Philosophy Are Not Less Precious Because They Are Not Understood.