He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due to non-existence, because they originate in ignorance, which is absence of wisdom.

No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.

Transient bodies are only subject to destruction through their substance and not through their form, nor can the essence of their form be destroyed; in this respect, they are permanent.

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.