As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost.

The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only hunger for the sweet and gentle creatures which harm no one, which follow you, serve you, and are devoured by you as the reward of their service.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

This dog, which, although no beauty, was of an uncommon breed, I had made my friend and companion; and it certainly deserved the name better than the majority of those who had assumed it.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.