Art is a higher type of knowledge than experience.

Those who merely possess the goods of fortune may be haughty and insolent; . . . they try to imitate the great-souled man without being really like him, and only copy him in what they can, reproducing his contempt for others but not his virtuous conduct. For the great-souled man is justified in despising other people - his estimates are correct; but most proud men have no good ground for their pride.

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.

Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.

...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck. If his proposal lost he was instantly hanged.

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms

Wonder implies the desire to learn.