“As we cannot be universal by knowing everything there is to know about everything, we must know a little about everything, because it is much better to know something about everything than everything about something. Such universality is the finest. It would be still better if we could have both together, but, if a choice must be made, this is the one to choose. The world knows this and does so, for the world is often a good judge.”

“It is better to know something about everything then everything about something”

“Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.”

“Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.”

“Each man is everything to himself, for with his death everything is dead for him. That is why each of us thinks he is everything to everyone. We must not judge nature by ourselves, but by its own standards.”

“We must keep our thought secret, and judge everything by it, while talking like the people.”

“Two contrary reasons. We must begin with that, otherwise we cannot understand anything and everything is heretical. And even at the end of each truth we must add that we are bearing the opposite truth in mind.”