"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances"
"The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons"
"Hope is the dream of a waking man"
"Hope is a waking dream"
"Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully"
"Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars"
"It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world"
"It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought"
"I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law"
"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way"
"Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth"
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies"
"Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy"
