When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and when again under the influence of its kindred desires it is moved with violent motion towards the beauty of corporeal forms, it acquires a surname from this very violent motion, and is called love.

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.

I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other men to do the same...I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

What a lot of things there are a man can do without.

Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

How many things I can do without!