Solicitation and effort or conation belong properly to animate beings alone. When they are attributed to other things, they must be taken in a metaphorical sense; but a philosopher should abstain from metaphor.

For no one's authority ought to rank so high as to set a value on his words and terms even though nothing clear and determinate lies behind them.

In the pursuit of truth we must beware of being misled by terms which we do not rightly understand. That is the chief point. Almost all philosophers utter the caution; few observe it.

Our youth we can have but to-day, We may always find time to grow old. Can Love be controlled by Advice?