I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the foundation, and from these truths to choose the most beautiful things and arrange them in the most elegant way; and I was quite proud to think how well I should speak, because I believed that I knew the truth.

Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil.

Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.

Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that of which he feels no want.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Wine fills the heart with courage.

Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.