Other people are likely not to be aware that those who pursue philosophy aright study nothing but dying and being dead. Now if this is true, it would be absurd to be eager for nothing but this all their lives, and then to be troubled when that came for which they had all along been eagerly practicing.

I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.

Music is to the mind as air is to the body.

Those who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men.

The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.

I must yield to you, for you are irresistible.

The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.