“There is no such thing as a lover's oath. ”

“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”

“those who govern ought not to be lovers of the task? For, if they are, there will be rival lovers, and they will fight.”

“A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.”

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

“...and when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...”

“He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.”