He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

He who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disappointed of his gains because he turns out to be poor, is disgraced all the same: for he has done his best to show that he would give himself up to any one's "uses base" for the sake of money; but this is not honourable.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.

As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.