That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it

Happiness is the highest good

So that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom.

The soul suffers when the body is diseased or traumatized, while the body suffers when the soul is ailing.

Now the greatest external good we should assume to be the thing which we offer as a tribute to the gods, and which is most coveted by men of high station, and is the prize awarded for the noblest deeds; and such a thing is honor, for honor is clearly the greatest of external goods.

It is evident, then, that there is a sort of education in which parents should train their sons, not as being useful or necessary, but because it is liberal or noble.

He who is by nature not his own but another's man is by nature a slave.