The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it would be he.
I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.
Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
The God of Love lives in a state of need.
No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.