Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils - no, nor the human race, as I believe - and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.

If there is a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of humanity toward perfection.

Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it.

He who does not desire power is fit to hold it.

To escape from evil we must be made as far as possible like God; and the resemblance consists in becoming just and holy and wise.

It behooves those who take the young to task to leave them room for excuse, lest they drive them to be hardened by too much rebuke.

Hence it is from the representation of things spoken by means of posture and gesture that the whole of the art of dance has been elaborated.