A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.

My lectures are published and not published; they will be intelligible to those who heard them, and to none beside.

It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession begets tyranny.

Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a questionable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.

The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail

Hippodamus, son of Euryphon, a native of Miletus, invented the art of planning and laid out the street plan of Piraeus.