And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and constant and all-absorbing aim, to exceed, if possible, not only us but all your ancestors in virtue; and know that to excel you in virtue only brings us shame, but that to be excelled by you is a source of happiness to us.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.

Only the dead will know the end of the war.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you.

To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.