And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, b...
Courage is a kind of salvation.
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
Time is the moving image of eternity.
Light is the shadow of god
The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Wise men speak because they have something to say Fools because they have to say something.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
I would fain grow old learning many things.
Self-conquest is the greatest of victories.
Life must be lived as play.
Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.
Can I by justice or by crooked ways of deceit ascend a loftier tower which may he a fortress to me all my days? For what men say is that, if I am really just and am not also thought just profit there...