The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.

The race of the guardians must be kept pure.

A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

A person who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he or she ought only to consider whether in doing anything he or she is doing right or wrong- acting the part of a good person or a bad person.

Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil.

Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action, fears and is afraid of an ill reputation.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.