People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to men, then the use of such medicines should be restricted to physicians; private individuals have no business with them.

A state arises,as I conceive,out of the needs of mankind;no one is self-sufficing,but all of us have many wants

Lord of Lords, grant us the good whether we pray for it or not, but evil keep from us, even though we pray for it.

It is right to give every man his due.

The God of Love lives in a state of need.