Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.

Our youth should also be educated with music and physical education.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man.

Special care should be taken of the health of the inhabitants, which will depend chiefly on the healthiness of the locality and of the quarter to which they are exposed, and secondly on the use of pure water; this latter point is by no means a secondary consideration. For the elements which we use the most and oftenest for the support of the body contribute most to health, and among those are water and air. Wherefore, in all wise states, if there is want of pure water, and the supply is not all equally good, the drinking water ought to be separated from that which is used for other purposes.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.