It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.

For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons will detest evil in men; their repugnance to wrong disinclines them to commit wrongful acts; they shun the unrighteous and are drawn to the upright.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

The soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and culture; and these, it is said, are of the greatest service or of the greatest injury to the dead man, at the very beginning of his journey hither.

When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness.

Not every love, but only that which has a noble purpose, is noble and worthy of praise.

It is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.