Let the punishment match the offense.

We are born poets. we become orators.

On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.

Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.

O philosophy, you leader of life.

Fire and water are not of more universal use than friendship.