You I advise not to work, but to fight. You I advise not to peace, but to victory. Let your work be a fight, let your peace be a victory!

Love brings to light the lofty and hidden characteristics of the lover--what is rare and exceptional in him: to that extent it caneasily be deceptive with respect to what is normal in him.

A thought comes when it will, not when I will.

You lovers of knowledge! So what have you done out of your love of knowledge up to now? Have you already stolen and murdered so as to know how a thief and a murderer feels?

Epicurus had rage and envy of Plato's superior style.

Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters.

At times, our strengths propel us so far forward we can no longer endure our weaknesses and perish from them.