“Some marry the first information they receive, and turn what comes later into their concubine. Since deceit is always first to arrive, there is no room left for truth.”

“See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.”

“Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth.”

“This is faith, receiving the truth of Christ; first knowing it to be true, and then acting upon that belief.”

“The first quality of a leader of people – always the first quality – is a devotion to truth.”

“I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay!”

“Those whose conduct gives room for talk
Are always the first to attack their neighbors.”

“I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some Greek authors; after that, I shall buy clothes.”
Ad Graecas literas totum animum applicui; statimque ut pecuniam accepero, Graecos primum autores, deinde vestes emam.

“The truth is that: We are unhappy married and unmarried we're unhappy. In marriage you must first endure, pity and then embrace.”

“All instincts that do not discharge themselves outwardly turn inward — this is what I call the internalization of man: thus it was that man first developed what was later called his "soul."”