To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.

So that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom.

A human being is a naturally political [animal].

The same things are best both for individuals and for states, and these are the things which the legislator ought to implant in the minds of his citizens.

Suppose, then, that all men were sick or deranged, save one or two of them who were healthy and of right mind. It would then be the latter two who would be thought to be sick and deranged and the former not!

Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and live happily.