It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too.

Boundaries don't protect rivers, people do.

...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.

Just as at the Olympic games it is not the handsomest or strongest men who are crowned with victory but the successful competitors, so in life it is those who act rightly who carry off all the prizes and rewards.

Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were.

When we look at the matter from another point of view, great caution would seem to be required. For the habit of lightly changing the laws is an evil, and, when the advantage is small, some errors both of lawgivers and rulers had better be left; the citizen will not gain so much by making the change as he will lose by the habit of disobedience.

The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.