And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.

I do not live to play, but I play in order that I may live, and return with greater zest to the labors of life.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

But at three, four, five, and even six years the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid of self-will in him, punishing him, but not so as to disgrace him.

That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.

The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.