What I say is that 'just' or 'right' means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.

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.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.

A state arises,as I conceive,out of the needs of mankind;no one is self-sufficing,but all of us have many wants

...that not life, but a good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.