Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.

People regard the same things, some as just and others as unjust, - about these they dispute; and so there arise wars and fightings among them.

I will prove by my life that my critics are liars.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have no part in him, and precious to those who have the better part in him.

One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay. He is in love with the whole of that reality, and will not willingly be deprived even of the most insignificant fragment of it - just like the lovers and men of ambition we described earlier on.

Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.