Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.
No man should be angry with what is true.
And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but those who fail to make use of them.
Thinking is the soul talking to itself.
Observe that open loves are held to be more honourable than secret ones, and that the love of the noblest and highest, even if their persons are less beautiful than others, is especially honourable.