“The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.”

“To be afraid of death is only another form of thinking that one is wise when one is not; it is to think that one knows what one does not know. No one knows with regard to death wheather it is not really the greatest blessing that can happen to man; but people dread it as though they were certain it is the greatest evil." -The Last Days of Socrates”

“‎Love is a madness produced by an unsatisfiable rational desire to understand the ultimate truth about the world.”

“Self conquest is the greatest of victories.”

“But of the heaven which is above the heavens, what earthly poet ever did or ever will sing worthily?”

“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.”

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”