And are not the temperate exactly in the same case? They are temperate because they are intemperate—which may seem to be a contradiction, but is nevertheless the sort of thing which happens with this foolish temperance. For there are pleasures which they must have, and are afraid of losing; and therefore they abstain from one class of pleasures because they are overcome by another: and whereas intemperance is defined as "being under the domination of pleasure," they overcome only because they are overcome by pleasure. The Trials Of Socrates

Is any man afraid of change? Why what can take place without change? Book VII

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. The Winter of Our Discontent

To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown. Self-Analysis