The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above.

For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.

Self conquest is the greatest of victories.

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

A written discourse on any subject is bound to contain much that is fanciful.

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

Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by them, because it is apparently not in the interest of such rulers to have great ideas engendered in their subjects, or powerful friendships or passionate love - all of which homosexuality is particularly apt to produce.