Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend.

Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can, if they like, encroach, is far greater, for the weaker are always asking for equality and justice, but the stronger care for none of these things.

When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.

When you ask a dumb question, you get a smart answer.

The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.

The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.