Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm.

He is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For his body I would give my soul, and for his love I would surrender heaven.

The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!

The supreme vice is shallowness.

A live unexamined isn't worth living. I will add, "A life unlived isn't worth examining.

Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late'