The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man.
The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
Love is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation.