“Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.”

But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.

When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.

Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.

What people believe prevails over the truth.

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Stranger in a strange country.

It is hope that maintains most of mankind.

Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

What you can’t enforce, do not command.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

There is no success without hardship.

The good befriend themselves.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.

Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.

With love, there are so many layers to it that you can write all day about it. It’s not just heartbreak or falling in love; there’s so many different ways to look at it.

Hold a heart in love and watch the spell of pain be broken.

Your heart breaks making space for the light. See those tiny cracks, I’m going to embrace you here, hold you tight and never let go.

Everything I know of love is told in the bruises we left on each other.

You want to taste my ruby lips but fear they’ll leave a mark. Loving you is trespassing, forbidden access to an insecure heart.

I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds.

I spent a lifetime building shrine to things that can’t love me back. (music, poetry, you)

I don’t know how else to say it. I will love you for the rest of my life.