Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it.

The true musician is attuned to a fairer harmony than that of the lyre... for he truly has in his own life a harmony of words and deeds arranged in the Dorian mode. Such a one makes me joyous with the sound of his voice, so eager am I in drinking in his words.

Man's greatest victory is over oneself.

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.

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.

Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

I have good hope that there is something after death.