God is not the author of all things, but of good only.

And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and constant and all-absorbing aim, to exceed, if possible, not only us but all your ancestors in virtue; and know that to excel you in virtue only brings us shame, but that to be excelled by you is a source of happiness to us.

When you admonish a wrongdoer, do so gently, that it may not lead to hostility.

As a breath of wind or some echo rebounds from smooth, hard surfaces and returns to the source from which it issued, so the stream of beauty passes back into its possessor through his eyes, which is its natural route to the soul; arriving there and setting him all aflutter, it waters the passages of the feathers and causes the wings to grow, and fills the soul of the loved one in his turn with love.

Wisdom is a blaze, kindled by a leaping spark.

And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine

The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.