Just as the queen bee, the highest-ranking, peerless creature of her hive, is surrounded by lowly drones to please her, whereas the workers produce honey, the same way is the one who sits on the throne an equal only to himself, and no one's companion.

There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.

When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.

Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.

The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.

How great seems human progress when we consider where it began, and how insignificant, when we contemplate the goals for which itstrives.

My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.