Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.
It is beautiful to wish to add another's light to your own.
... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or another, determine the direction of the whole.
Every man is a poet when he is in love.
The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.