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

No one ever dies an atheist.

It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear and cowardice.

Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences.

Self conquest is the greatest of victories.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

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.