“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.”

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Through your rags I see your vanity.

If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.

Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.

Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?

Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.

If beauty can love the beast, imagine what she can conquer.

I need a wolf, a beast with a ravenous appetite. Devour me like desperate goods. Ravage me my warrior lover, mark your territory. I’m not a typical lover, I’m a woman with a taste for blood.

Will you voyage out, will you venture? Will you plunder all the gold? Will be as wise as you are brave and bold? Only beasts can do it alone, truth be told.

This heart of mine wears battle scars, only a beast could understand. A hunter must be patient in this war zone of land.

A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.

Life is just another beast you were meant to tame, and there is no one better for the job, other than you.

Sometimes you gotta be beauty and a beast.

I am not the least afraid to die.