What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.

You cannot conceive the many without the one...The study of the unit is among those that lead the mind on and turn it to the vision of reality.

And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.

The man who arrives at the doors of artistic creation with none of the madness of the Muses would be convinced that technical ability alone was enough to make an artist... what that man creates by means of reason will pale before the art of inspired beings.

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic.

I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive.