The Great Thieves Lead Away The Little

Solon Used To Say That Speech Was The Image Of Actions; . . . That Laws Were Like Cobwebs, - For That If Any Trifling Or Powerless Thing Fell Into Them, They Held It Fast; While If It Were Something Weightier, It Broke Through Them And Was Off.

Aren't You Ashamed, You Who Walk Backward Along The Whole Path Of Existence, And Blame Me For Walking Backward Along The Path Of The Promenade?

Fools! You Think Of "god" As A Sentient Being. God Is The Word Used To Represent A Force. This Force Created Nothing, It Just Helps Things Along. It Does Not Answer Prayers, Although It May Make You Think Of A Way To Solve A Problem. It Has The Power To Influence You, But Not Decide For You.

The Chief Good Is The Suspension Of The Judgment [especially Negative Judgement], Which Tranquillity Of Mind Follows Like Its Shadow.

The Noblest People Are Those Despising Wealth, Learning, Pleasure And Life; Esteeming Above Them Poverty, Ignorance, Hardship And Death.