The cure of many diseases is unknown to physicians because they are ignorant of the whole... For the part can never be well unless the whole is well.

You must base the Wisdom on Love.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay.