May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me.
As to the artists, do we not know that he only of them whom love inspires has the light of fame?-he whom love touches not walks in darkness.
And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine
Even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route.
Pleasure is the bait of sin
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.