If men think that a ruler is religious and has a reverence for the Gods, they are less afraid of suffering injustice at his hands.

We ought not to listen to those who exhort us, because we are human, to think of human things....We ought rather to take on immortality as much as possible, and do all that we can to live in accordance with the highest element within us; for even if its bulk is small, in its power and value it far exceeds everything.

This world is inescapably linked to the motions of the worlds above. All power in this world is ruled by these options.

Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.

The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

But is it just then that the few and the wealthy should be the rulers? And what if they, in like manner, rob and plunder the people, - is this just?