The many do not take heed of such things as those they meet with, nor do they mark them when they are taught, though they think they do. Nature loves to hide. The lord whose is the oracle at Delphi neither utters nor hides his meaning, but shows it by a sign. The things that can be seen, heard, and learned are what I prize the most. The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.
Wisdom is one thing.
It is to know the thought by which all things are steered through all things. All things are an exchange for Fire, and Fire for all things, even as wares for gold and gold for wares. It becomes liquid sea, and is measured by the same tale as before it became earth. Fire is want and surfeit. It is the thunderbolt that steers the course of all things.