When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
Philosophy begins with wonder.
One kind of justice is that which is manifested in distributions of honour or money or the other things that fall to be divided among those who have a share in the constitution ... and another kind is that which plays a rectifying part in transactions.
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
That which is excellent endures.