In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although mankind fail in attaining them, as indeed I have already explained. Democracy, for example, arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

When a draco has eaten much fruit, it seeks the juice of the bitter lettuce; it has been seen to do this.

People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which are just.

Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life.

One may go wrong in many different ways, but right only in one, which is why it is easy to fail and difficult to succeed.

I seek to bring forth what you almost already know.