"As the scale of the balance must..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“True nobility is exempt from fear.”

“Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.”

“It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be anxious to crush the very flower of dignity.”

“Unless thought is valid we have no reason to believe in the real universe.”

“I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire,But qualify the fire's extreme rage,Lest it should burn above the bounds of reason.”

“Always follow these two rules: first, act only on what your reasoning mind proposes for the good of humanity, and second, change your opinion if someone shows you it's wrong. This change of mind must proceed only from the conviction that it's both correct and for the common good, but not because it will give you pleasure and make you popular.”

“You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.”

“One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.”

“A difference which makes no difference is no difference at all.”