The power of the Good has taken refuge in the nature of the Beautiful

People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.

Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the part of the rulers, and to cowardice on the part of the governed.

I do not live to play, but I play in order that I may live, and return with greater zest to the labors of life.

Of all the things which a man has, next to the gods his soul is the most divine and most truly his own.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.