"Self conquest is the greatest of victories...." - Quote by Plato

“Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by them, because it is apparently not in the interest of such rulers to have great ideas engendered in their subjects, or powerful friendships or passionate love - all of which homosexuality is particularly apt to produce.”

“Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.”

“You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up the prospects of life and death. He has only one thing to consider in performing any action - that is, whether he is acting rightly or wrongly, like a good man or a bad one.”

“Hunger is good discipline.”

“I certainly will not persuade myself to feel more than I do. I am quite enough in love. I should be sorry to be more”

“Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.”

“What excites and interests the looker-on at life, what the romances and the statues celebrate, and the grim civic monuments remind us of, is the everlasting battle of the powers of light with those of darkness; with heroism reduced to its bare chance, yet ever and anon snatching victory from the jaws of death.”

“Victory needs conflict as its preface.”

“Here's to the confusion of our enemies!”