To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.

If we are to keep our flock at the highest pitch of excellence, there should be as many unions of the best of both sexes, and as few of the inferior as possible, and that only the offspring of the better unions should be kept.

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.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.