And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment.

Where love reigns, there's no need for laws.

The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality.

The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors.

Music is a defining element of character.