Since the whole city has one end, it is manifest that education should be one and the same for all, and that it should be public, and not private - not as at present, when every one looks after his own children separately, and gives them separate instruction of the sort which he thinks best; the training in things which are of common interest should be the same for all. Neither must we suppose that any one of the citizens belongs to himself, for they all belong to the state, and are each of them a part of the state, and the care of each part is inseparable from the care of the whole.

In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time. Seneca Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

The avarice of mankind is insatiable.

Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.

Everyone honors the wise.

Quid quid movetur ab alio movetur"(nothing moves without having been moved).