Neither should men study war with a view to the enslavement of those who do not deserve to be enslaved; but first of all they should provide against their own enslavement, and in the second place obtain empire for the good of the governed, and not for the sake of exercising a general despotism, and in the third place they should seek to be masters only over those who deserve to be slaves.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

The appropriate age for marrige is around eighteen and thirty-seven for man

Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.

We, on the other hand, must take for granted that the things that exist by nature are, either all or some of them, in motion.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Beauty is a gift of God.