It may be argued that peoples for whom philosophers legislate are always prosperous.
We laugh at that which we cannot bear to face.
People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.
In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.
Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.
Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ends [mathematics] has been able to arise in Egypt, the priestly caste there having the leisure necessary for disinterested research.